Photo: User: (WT-shared) Haem85 at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 3.0Peninsula Township has higher household incomes than 93% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). The poverty rate is 4.2% (Michigan 13.2%). Peninsula Township grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Peninsula Township stands out on work
A lot of Peninsula Township works from home
32% of Peninsula Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
39% of Peninsula Township works in Traverse City
749 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Traverse City, 10 miles away across the town line. That’s 4 times as many as work in Peninsula Township itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Peninsula Township
59% of Peninsula Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Peninsula Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Where Peninsula Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Peninsula Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #57 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Peninsula Township’s grade up (0.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Peninsula Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peninsula Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,942 commuters (the 32% 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.
39% of working residents work in Traverse City
Where Peninsula Township clocks in
39% of workers
11% 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Peninsula Township
611 jobs are based in Peninsula Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peninsula Township, 2011 → 2021: 499 → 611. 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 Peninsula Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Peninsula Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,743 residents head out to work, 175 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Peninsula Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.32 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.
Half of Peninsula Township commutes less than 10 miles
About 26% 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 of Peninsula Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Peninsula Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #168 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,852 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 13% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Peninsula Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Peninsula Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Peninsula Township ranks: 370th of 3,370 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | 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 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 368 | Black Diamond WA | 6,978 | $141K | 2.1% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 369 | Monroe Township IN | 6,541 | $102K | 4.2% | 2.3% | 6% | A |
| 370 | Peninsula Township MI | 6,160 | $138K | 4.2% | 0.7% | 9% | A |
| 371 | Charlton NY | 4,362 | $107K | 5.0% | 0.7% | 4% | A |
| 372 | Berkshire Township OH | 6,329 | $145K | 5.9% | 3.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | 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 Peninsula Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
39% of Peninsula Township works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peninsula Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peninsula Township | – | A | B | 20 min | $137,787 |
| Traverse City | 39% | C+ | A+ | 17 min | $74,087 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Traverse City. Darker towns draw more of Peninsula 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 Peninsula Township: questions
What is the median household income in Peninsula Township?
$137,787 (±$19,873) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peninsula Township?
4.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peninsula Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peninsula Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (39%, 10 mi), Garfield Township (11%, 13 mi), East Bay Township (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Peninsula Township walkable?
Peninsula Township is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Peninsula Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peninsula Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peninsula 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.