Feodar Protar Cabin · Photo: Jhflanagan · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Peaine Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 13 minutes each way, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S. 26 jobs are based in Peaine Township, against 88 working residents. For 38% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Peaine Township by day
On a workday 80 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Peaine Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
44% of working residents work in St. James Township
Where Peaine Township clocks in
44% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Peaine Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peaine Township, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 26. 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 Peaine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 13 minutes each way for Peaine Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peaine Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 commuters (the 38% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Peaine Township
About 31% 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.
Next door is work for 44% of Peaine Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peaine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peaine Township | – | — | — | 13 min | $84,688 |
| St. James Township | 44% | — | — | 9 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. St. James Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. James Township. Darker towns draw more of Peaine 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 Peaine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Peaine Township?
$84,688 (±$15,424) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peaine Township?
9.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peaine Township?
13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peaine Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. James Township (44%, 14 mi), Charlevoix (5%, 25 mi), Traverse City (3%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Peaine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peaine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peaine 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.