Ravenna at work: jobs, income and the commute
The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S. The two grades for Ravenna are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 5% work in Ravenna; the top destination outside it is Muskegon (9%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ravenna stands out on work
Where Ravenna’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Ravenna is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,857, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Ravenna’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, Ravenna could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Getting to work from Ravenna takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ravenna workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 713 commuters (the 8% 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.
How a workday changes Ravenna
On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 410 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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 people from Ravenna work
Where Ravenna clocks in
9% 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 Ravenna
439 jobs are based in Ravenna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ravenna, 2011 → 2021: 221 → 439. 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 Ravenna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Ravenna to work
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 Ravenna, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ravenna is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Ravenna near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 777 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). 4.8% of Ravenna households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ravenna’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ravenna ranks: 1,133rd of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,131 | Walker Township PA | 1,017 | $89K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Duxbury VT | 1,444 | $105K | 2.7% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Ravenna MI | 1,409 | $78K | 6.3% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,134 | Liberty Center OH | 1,094 | $78K | 5.7% | 2.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,135 | Fugit Township IN | 1,894 | $94K | 2.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Ravenna, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Ravenna: questions
What is the median household income in Ravenna?
$77,857 (±$7,811) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ravenna?
6.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ravenna?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ravenna work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskegon (9%, 16 mi), Ravenna Township (7%, 2 mi), Grand Rapids (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ravenna walkable?
Ravenna is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ravenna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ravenna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ravenna
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.