Photo: Peterpahl8 · CC BY-SA 3.0Presque Isle Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Presque Isle Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). 182 jobs are based in Presque Isle Township, against 565 working residents. Only 4% work in Presque Isle Township; the top destination outside it is Alpena (25%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Presque Isle Township apart on work
Presque Isle Township and Alpena trade workers both ways
Alpena is the top workplace for Presque Isle Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Presque Isle Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Presque Isle Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical 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 565 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Presque Isle Township
The poverty rate holds Presque Isle Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Presque Isle 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 two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Presque Isle Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Where the trip to work from Presque Isle Township ends
Where Presque Isle Township clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
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.
How far Presque Isle Township’s workers travel
About 41% 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.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Presque Isle Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Presque Isle Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 568 commuters (the 17% 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.
Who leaves Presque Isle Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 541 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Presque Isle 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.
Factories, building and farms: 69% of the jobs in Presque Isle Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Presque Isle Township, 2011 → 2021: 57 → 182. 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 Presque Isle Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Presque Isle Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 682 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). 1.4% of Presque Isle Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Presque Isle Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Presque Isle Township next to U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300: 2,160th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 2,158 | Wade Township IL | 1,679 | $64K | 5.6% | 6.1% | 3% | B− |
| 2,159 | Highland Township IN | 1,511 | $90K | 8.4% | 4.7% | 3% | B− |
| 2,160 | Presque Isle Township MI | 1,725 | $94K | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,161 | Pipestone Township MI | 2,127 | $73K | 12.5% | 2.6% | 6% | B− |
| 2,162 | Dublin NH | 1,605 | $105K | 9.7% | 1.7% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Presque Isle Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
13% of Presque Isle Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Alpena Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Presque Isle Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presque Isle Township | – | B− | D | 33 min | $94,412 |
| Krakow Township | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Alpena Township | 11% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Krakow Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Alpena Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Presque Isle 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 Presque Isle Township: questions
What is the median household income in Presque Isle Township?
$94,412 (±$14,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Presque Isle Township?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Presque Isle Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Presque Isle Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alpena (25%, 12 mi), Alpena Township (11%, 11 mi), Rogers City (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Presque Isle Township walkable?
Presque Isle Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Presque Isle Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Presque Isle Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Presque Isle 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.