Work, pay and getting to work in Pointe Aux Barques Township
Employers in Pointe Aux Barques Township report 7 jobs, and 5 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%). Hardly any work in Pointe Aux Barques Township; the top destination outside it is Brown City (20%, 59 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pointe Aux Barques Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 5 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in Pointe Aux Barques Township on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).
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 Pointe Aux Barques Township goes to work
Where Pointe Aux Barques 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.
Most jobs in Pointe Aux Barques Township are in services
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 Pointe Aux Barques Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pointe Aux Barques Township
of Pointe Aux Barques Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% 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.
Miles to work from Pointe Aux Barques Township
About 60% 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.
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 Pointe Aux Barques Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pointe Aux Barques Township?
14.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pointe Aux Barques Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brown City (20%, 59 mi), Flint Township (20%, 84 mi), Merritt Township (20%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Pointe Aux Barques Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pointe Aux Barques Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pointe Aux Barques 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.