Pinconning Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Pinconning Township has 225 jobs for 919 working residents. For jobs and income Pinconning Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). Home is the office for 3% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pinconning Township, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Pinconning Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Pinconning Township fell from 521 in 2011 to 225 in 2021, −57%. 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 ↓
Pinconning Township is a place people come home to
There are 225 jobs based in Pinconning Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pinconning Township has about 1,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Pinconning Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 919 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Pinconning Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pinconning Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Pinconning 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 three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pinconning Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The kinds of work in Pinconning Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinconning Township, 2011 → 2021: 521 → 225. 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 Pinconning Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Pinconning Township
On a workday 895 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Pinconning Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Pinconning Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinconning Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 839 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.
12% of working residents work in Pinconning
Where Pinconning Township clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Half of Pinconning Township commutes less than 22 miles
About 22% 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.
In Pinconning Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 866 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). 2.5% of Pinconning Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pinconning Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Pinconning Township ranks 3,877th of 5,328 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,875 | Brownfield ME | 1,704 | $61K | 8.1% | 8.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,876 | Mayfield Township MI | 1,841 | $74K | 15.7% | 6.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,877 | Pinconning Township MI | 2,285 | $61K | 13.3% | 3.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,878 | Decatur AR | 1,893 | $45K | 11.8% | 5.2% | 2% | C− |
| 3,879 | Springport Township MI | 2,142 | $58K | 16.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Pinconning Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Pinconning Township
The biggest share goes to Fraser Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pinconning Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinconning Township | – | C− | C | 25 min | $60,625 |
| Fraser Township | 4% | C | D | 26 min | $61,571 |
| Mount Forest Township | under 3% | C | D− | 36 min | $64,792 |
| Standish Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Standish Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pinconning 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 Pinconning Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pinconning Township?
$60,625 (±$15,904) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinconning Township?
13.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinconning Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinconning Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pinconning (12%, 1 mi), Saginaw (7%, 32 mi), Midland (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pinconning Township walkable?
Pinconning Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinconning Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinconning Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinconning 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.