Work, pay and getting to work in Park Township
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Jobs and income earn Park Township B; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 4% stay in Park Township for work; outside it, Three Rivers is the main destination (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Park Township in brief
Park Township makes and builds things
74% of the jobs based in Park Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Park Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 38%. The jobs ↓
Park Township and Three Rivers trade workers both ways
Three Rivers is the top workplace for Park Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Park Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 980 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Park Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Park Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Park Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Park Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
74% of the jobs in Park Township make or build things
685 jobs are based in Park Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Park Township, 2011 → 2021: 742 → 685. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Park Township’s residents
Where Park Township clocks in
16% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How a workday changes Park Township
On a workday 942 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 647 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Park Township on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Park Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Park Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,123 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Park Township, by distance
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Park Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,181 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Park Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Park Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Park Township is 1,769th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,767 | Genoa OH | 2,167 | $66K | 7.7% | 2.4% | 4% | B |
| 1,768 | Milford ME | 3,117 | $85K | 5.3% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,769 | Park Township MI | 2,374 | $79K | 5.3% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,770 | Inverness Highlands North FL | 2,830 | $63K | 7.5% | 0.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,771 | Brewster NY | 2,509 | $63K | 14.4% | 2.3% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Park Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Park Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Schoolcraft Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Park Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Township | – | B | D− | 20 min | $78,750 |
| Mendon Township | 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $75,962 |
| Lockport Township | under 2% | C | D | 24 min | $73,929 |
| Flowerfield Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $81,625 |
| Schoolcraft Township | 6% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $80,590 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Park Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Park Township: questions
What is the median household income in Park Township?
$78,750 (±$14,743) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Park Township?
5.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Park Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Park Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Three Rivers (16%, 6 mi), Kalamazoo (12%, 18 mi), Portage (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Park Township walkable?
Park Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Park Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Park Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Park Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.