Lipsett Hardware Building · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Pickford Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
204 jobs are based in Pickford Township; 708 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Pickford Township B; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Pickford Township is ahead of 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pickford Township
A lot of Pickford Township works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Pickford Township: Kinross Township (13%), Rudyard Township (5%) and Clark Township (5%). Next door ↓
Pickford Township is a place people come home to
There are 204 jobs based in Pickford Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pickford Township has about 1,000 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Pickford Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pickford Township fell from 352 in 2011 to 204 in 2021, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 708 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Pickford Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Pickford Township is better than 63% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pickford Township’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Pickford Township’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 two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pickford Township could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Who leaves Pickford Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 669 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Pickford Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The kinds of work in Pickford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pickford Township, 2011 → 2021: 352 → 204. 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 Pickford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
28% of working residents work in Sault Ste. Marie
Where Pickford Township clocks in
28% 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 daily trip from Pickford Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pickford Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 720 commuters (the 8% 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.
Pickford Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% 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.
Getting around Pickford Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pickford Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 781 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). 0.6% of Pickford Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pickford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pickford Township places 1,413th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,411 | Folsom NJ | 1,834 | $110K | 7.3% | 8.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,412 | Woodville WI | 1,389 | $80K | 7.4% | 1.3% | 6% | B |
| 1,413 | Pickford Township MI | 1,541 | $100K | 1.7% | 4.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,414 | Butler Township OH | 1,431 | $94K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,415 | Millbury OH | 1,211 | $81K | 11.2% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Pickford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 28% of Pickford Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Kinross Township (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pickford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pickford Township | – | B | C | 24 min | $99,688 |
| Bruce Township | 2% | B− | D− | 30 min | $85,950 |
| Raber Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Kinross Township | 13% | D− | C− | 22 min | $61,250 |
| Marquette Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rudyard Township | 5% | C− | C | 22 min | $64,453 |
| Clark Township | 5% | C− | B | 17 min | $70,859 |
| Soo Township | 3% | B | D | 17 min | $79,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Raber Township and Marquette Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pickford 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 Pickford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pickford Township?
$99,688 (±$14,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pickford Township?
1.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pickford Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pickford Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (28%, 21 mi), Kinross Township (13%, 18 mi), Rudyard Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pickford Township walkable?
Pickford Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pickford Township without a car?
<1% 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 Pickford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pickford 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.