Photo: User:Hgjudd · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Resort Township earn more than those in 80% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Resort Township itself; outside it, Petoskey draws the most (29%, 4 miles). The poverty rate is 4.2% (Michigan 13.2%). Resort Township grades B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Resort Township
Jobs in Resort Township have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Resort Township went from 347 in 2011 to 1,000 in 2021, +188%. The jobs ↓
Resort Township trades workers with the towns around it
Resort Township has about as many jobs (1,000) as working residents (1,079), but they are mostly different people: 1,010 residents leave for work each day while 931 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Resort Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Resort Township works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders Resort Township: Petoskey (29%) and Bear Creek Township (15%). Next door ↓
Most Resort Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Resort Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Resort Township is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #208 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Resort Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Resort Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Inside Resort Township’s 1,000 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Resort Township, 2011 → 2021: 347 → 1,000. 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 Resort Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Resort Township
On a workday 1,010 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 931 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 (0.93 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 in the region Resort Township works
About 20% 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.
Commuting out of Resort Township: the destinations
Where Resort Township clocks in
29% of workers
15% 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.
Commuting from Resort Township: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Resort Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,180 commuters (the 13% 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.
In Resort Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Resort Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #260 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,353 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). 1.3% of Resort Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Resort Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Resort Township is 1,106th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 133 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,104 | Angola NY | 2,029 | $81K | 6.5% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,105 | Elmwood IL | 2,030 | $90K | 10.1% | 1.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,106 | Resort Township MI | 2,821 | $104K | 4.2% | 3.1% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,107 | Licking Township OH | 2,347 | $124K | 1.3% | 5.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,108 | Lexington IL | 2,079 | $99K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Resort Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 44% of Resort Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Resort Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resort Township | – | B+ | B− | 20 min | $103,929 |
| Bay Township | under 2% | B− | D | 21 min | $80,833 |
| Petoskey | 29% | B | A | 15 min | $74,196 |
| Melrose Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $97,059 |
| Bear Creek Township | 15% | B− | B | 20 min | $71,090 |
| Bay Shore | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Evangeline Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hayes Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 23 min | $82,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bay Shore: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Evangeline Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Petoskey. Darker towns draw more of Resort 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 Resort Township: questions
What is the median household income in Resort Township?
$103,929 (±$21,760) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Resort Township?
4.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Resort Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Resort Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (29%, 4 mi), Bear Creek Township (15%, 6 mi), Little Traverse Township (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Resort Township walkable?
Resort Township is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Resort 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 Resort Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Resort 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.