Pioneer Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Pioneer Township; the top destination outside it is Cadillac (8%, 20 miles). Employers in Pioneer Township report 37 jobs, against 154 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pioneer Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Pioneer Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where people from Pioneer Township work
Where Pioneer Township 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.
What Pioneer Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Pioneer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes each way for Pioneer Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pioneer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 156 commuters (the 7% 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 commute from Pioneer Township, by distance
About 25% 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.
How Pioneer Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Norwich Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pioneer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $42,417 |
| Norwich Township | 4% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Bloomfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Garfield Township | under 3% | D | D− | 40 min | $70,417 |
| Forest Township | 4% | D− | C− | 30 min | $52,581 |
Same-state neighbors only. Norwich Township and Bloomfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pioneer 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 Pioneer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pioneer Township?
$42,417 (±$4,821) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pioneer Township?
21.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pioneer Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pioneer Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (8%, 20 mi), Lake City (7%, 10 mi), Kalkaska Township (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Pioneer Township without a car?
5% 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 Pioneer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pioneer 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.