Most of Petersburg commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Petersburg; the top destination outside it is Toledo (13%, 18 miles). There are 115 jobs in Petersburg, against 510 working residents. For jobs and income Petersburg is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Petersburg at work: what stands out
Petersburg is a place people come home to
There are 115 jobs based in Petersburg, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Petersburg has about 760 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Petersburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 510 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Petersburg’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.8%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($83,235, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Petersburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Petersburg could be anywhere from A− to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Petersburg
On a workday 502 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 107 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Petersburg on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Petersburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Petersburg workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 596 commuters (the 11% 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 towns that employ Petersburg’s residents
Where Petersburg clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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 Petersburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Petersburg, 2011 → 2021: 118 → 115. 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 Petersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Petersburg commutes less than 19 miles
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.
Few in Petersburg walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 671 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). 0.7% of Petersburg households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Petersburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Petersburg is 271st among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 269 | Anderson Township IN | 1,285 | $98K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 270 | Theresa WI | 1,073 | $117K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 272 | Kewaskum WI | 1,111 | $94K | 3.7% | 0.6% | 1% | A |
| 273 | Purdy WA | 1,344 | $91K | 2.5% | 10.9% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Petersburg, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Petersburg: questions
What is the median household income in Petersburg?
$83,235 (±$11,137) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Petersburg?
1.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Petersburg?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Petersburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (13%, 18 mi), Summerfield Township (9%, 2 mi), Dundee Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Petersburg walkable?
Petersburg is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Petersburg 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 Petersburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Petersburg
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.