Port Huron Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
2,466 jobs are based in Port Huron Township, against 4,334 working residents. For jobs and income Port Huron Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Home is the office for 6% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Port Huron Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Port Huron Township
Unemployment holds Port Huron Township’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Port Huron Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
How a workday changes Port Huron Township
On a workday 4,077 residents head out to work, 257 work right here, and 2,209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,800 people are in Port Huron Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
21% of working residents work in Port Huron
Where Port Huron Township clocks in
6% 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 kinds of work in Port Huron Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Port Huron Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,695 → 2,466. 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 Port Huron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Port Huron Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Port Huron Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,439 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Port Huron Township
About 27% 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 Port Huron Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,715 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). 8.8% of Port Huron Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Port Huron Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Port Huron Township is 2,097th among 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 25 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,095 | Bedford VA | 7,911 | $70K | 12.2% | 5.1% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,096 | Tremonton UT | 12,934 | $75K | 10.2% | 5.6% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,097 | Port Huron Township MI | 10,665 | $62K | 16.5% | 3.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,098 | Spotsylvania Courthouse VA | 7,180 | $95K | 12.6% | 10.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,099 | Oroville East CA | 7,504 | $95K | 8.7% | 12.4% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Port Huron Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 33% of Port Huron Township
The biggest share goes to Port Huron (21%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Port Huron Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Huron Township | – | C+ | B− | 27 min | $61,983 |
| Fort Gratiot Township | 4% | B | C+ | 23 min | $87,165 |
| Port Huron | 21% | D | A | 21 min | $50,366 |
| Kimball Township | 2% | B− | D | 29 min | $71,047 |
| Marysville | 6% | B | C+ | 25 min | $66,901 |
| Clyde Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 26 min | $84,028 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Port Huron 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 Port Huron Township: questions
What is the median household income in Port Huron Township?
$61,983 (±$9,272) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Port Huron Township?
16.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Port Huron Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Port Huron Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Huron (21%, 3 mi), Marysville (6%, 5 mi), Fort Gratiot Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Port Huron Township walkable?
Port Huron Township is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Port Huron Township without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Port Huron Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Port Huron 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.