With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Reeder Township works elsewhere
Employers in Reeder Township report 142 jobs for 426 working residents. Jobs and income earn Reeder Township C−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 2% work in Reeder Township itself; outside it, Cadillac draws the most (20%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Reeder Township apart on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Reeder Township
On income, poverty and job access, Reeder Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Reeder Township’s grade up (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.5%) is left out: Reeder 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Reeder Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Most jobs in Reeder Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reeder Township, 2011 → 2021: 327 → 142. 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 Reeder Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Reeder Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 416 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Reeder Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Reeder Township: the destinations
Where Reeder 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.
About 21 minutes to work from Reeder Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reeder Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 276 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.
Where in the region Reeder Township works
About 18% 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.
Reeder Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reeder Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 296 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 Reeder Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Reeder Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Reeder Township places 2,755th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,753 | El Rancho NM | 1,451 | $80K | 19.6% | 0.9% | 0% | C− |
| 2,754 | Concord Township IL | 1,416 | $66K | 13.0% | 4.3% | 4% | C− |
| 2,755 | Reeder Township MI | 1,215 | $69K | 11.1% | 10.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,756 | Beaugrand Township MI | 1,093 | $62K | 8.3% | 1.4% | 1% | C− |
| 2,757 | Horton Township PA | 1,309 | $54K | 7.4% | 1.3% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Reeder Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Reeder Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Riverside Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reeder Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeder Township | – | C− | B+ | 21 min | $69,000 |
| Riverside Township | 5% | B− | B+ | 21 min | $72,188 |
| Lake Township | 4% | B− | C+ | 22 min | $72,917 |
| Aetna Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lake City | 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Forest Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 30 min | $52,581 |
Same-state neighbors only. Aetna Township and Lake City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Reeder 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 Reeder Township: questions
What is the median household income in Reeder Township?
$69,000 (±$11,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reeder Township?
11.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reeder Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reeder Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (20%, 14 mi), McBain (8%, 7 mi), Haring Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Reeder Township walkable?
Reeder Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reeder Township without a car?
4% 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 Reeder Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reeder 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.