Unemployment in Pavilion Township (6.4%) is higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Pavilion Township; the top destination outside it is Portage (19%, 6 miles). For jobs and income Pavilion Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Pavilion Township apart on work
Pavilion Township makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Pavilion Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pavilion Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Pavilion Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pavilion Township went from 1,121 in 2011 to 2,138 in 2021, +91%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Pavilion Township works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Pavilion Township: Portage (19%), Comstock Township (5%) and Brady Township (2%). Next door ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Pavilion Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Pavilion Township’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pavilion Township could be anywhere from C to A.
In Pavilion Township, 72% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,138 jobs are based in Pavilion Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pavilion Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,121 → 2,138. 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 Pavilion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Pavilion Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,558 residents head out to work, 105 work right here, and 2,033 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Pavilion Township’s working residents head each day
Where Pavilion Township clocks in
17% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Pavilion Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pavilion Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,543 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of Pavilion Township commutes less than 9 miles
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.
Most trips from Pavilion Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,977 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). 1.6% of Pavilion Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pavilion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pavilion Township is 1,900th of 3,349 U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,898 | White Bluff TN | 4,516 | $69K | 10.2% | 4.8% | 6% | B− |
| 1,899 | Montrose Township MI | 5,896 | $76K | 10.3% | 4.2% | 3% | B− |
| 1,900 | Pavilion Township MI | 6,333 | $84K | 9.5% | 6.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,901 | Boonville IN | 6,689 | $64K | 13.4% | 2.6% | 17% | B− |
| 1,902 | Lone Grove OK | 5,244 | $74K | 14.4% | 1.9% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Pavilion Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 26% of Pavilion Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pavilion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavilion Township | – | B− | D | 25 min | $83,750 |
| Portage | 19% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $83,212 |
| Brady Township | 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $108,954 |
| Comstock Township | 5% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $76,376 |
| Climax Township | under 2% | B | C− | 27 min | $75,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portage. Darker towns draw more of Pavilion 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 Pavilion Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pavilion Township?
$83,750 (±$16,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pavilion Township?
9.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pavilion Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pavilion Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage (19%, 6 mi), Kalamazoo (17%, 7 mi), Comstock Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pavilion Township walkable?
Pavilion Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pavilion 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 Pavilion Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pavilion 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.