Pigeon has 3.2 jobs for every working resident: 1,481 people commute in to work
There are 1,596 jobs in Pigeon for 497 working residents. For jobs and income Pigeon is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (A). Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Pigeon apart
Pigeon has far more jobs than workers
Pigeon has 1,596 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 93% more than the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Pigeon and Winsor Township trade workers both ways
Winsor Township is the top workplace for Pigeon residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Pigeon come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Pigeon are quick
The average trip to work takes 13 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan 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 497 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Pigeon’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Pigeon’s grade up (8.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Pigeon’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, Pigeon could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who leaves Pigeon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 382 residents head out to work and 115 work right here.
About 2,300 people are in Pigeon on a workday afternoon, 93% more 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 towns that send workers to Pigeon
Where Pigeon clocks in
Lines 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.
Pigeon’s commute takes about 13 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pigeon workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 446 commuters (the 3% 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.
Pigeon works in goods: 39% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pigeon, 2011 → 2021: 1,465 → 1,596. 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 Pigeon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Pigeon commutes less than 11 miles
About 23% 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.
Pigeon is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 8.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 462 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). 7.9% of Pigeon households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pigeon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pigeon places 2,963rd of 4,312 on jobs and income among 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% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,961 | Manson WA | 1,462 | $91K | 22.6% | 5.1% | 15% | C− |
| 2,962 | Bradley WV | 1,424 | $44K | 11.8% | 5.0% | 1% | C− |
| 2,963 | Pigeon MI | 1,180 | $52K | 8.8% | 0.9% | 23% | C− |
| 2,964 | Menahga MN | 1,361 | $58K | 10.1% | 8.5% | 22% | C− |
| 2,965 | Greenwich OH | 1,382 | $68K | 18.5% | 5.5% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Pigeon, 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 Pigeon: questions
What is the median household income in Pigeon?
$52,361 (±$13,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pigeon?
8.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pigeon?
13 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pigeon work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winsor Township (31%, 2 mi), Bad Axe (7%, 14 mi), Oliver Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pigeon walkable?
Pigeon is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 12% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pigeon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pigeon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pigeon
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.