Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Roosevelt Park trail those of 69% of U.S. towns
Roosevelt Park grades B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The poverty rate is 12.1%, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole. For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Roosevelt Park in brief
Roosevelt Park trades workers with the towns around it
Roosevelt Park has about as many jobs (1,976) as working residents (1,886), but they are mostly different people: 1,796 residents leave for work each day while 1,886 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Roosevelt Park are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Roosevelt Park and Muskegon trade workers both ways
Muskegon is the top workplace for Roosevelt Park residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Roosevelt Park come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Roosevelt Park workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Roosevelt Park than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Roosevelt Park fell from 2,884 in 2011 to 1,976 in 2021, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Roosevelt Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roosevelt Park is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #426 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Roosevelt Park’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,857, U.S. $80,734).
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, poverty and unemployment, Roosevelt Park could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How many people are in Roosevelt Park by day
On a workday 1,796 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 1,886 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 (1.05 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.
21% of working residents work in Muskegon
Where Roosevelt Park clocks in
21% of workers
4% 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 Roosevelt Park: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roosevelt Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,128 commuters (the 2% 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.
Inside Roosevelt Park’s 1,976 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roosevelt Park, 2011 → 2021: 2,884 → 1,976. 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 Roosevelt Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Roosevelt Park
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 Roosevelt Park, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roosevelt Park is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #266 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,173 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). 2.6% of Roosevelt Park households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roosevelt Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roosevelt Park is 2,272nd of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,270 | Lake Worth TX | 4,766 | $82K | 16.6% | 7.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,271 | Belvedere SC | 5,180 | $53K | 16.7% | 2.3% | 1% | B− |
| 2,272 | Roosevelt Park MI | 4,121 | $63K | 12.1% | 4.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,273 | North East NY | 2,990 | $85K | 13.8% | 2.3% | 23% | B− |
| 2,274 | Darien NY | 2,985 | $88K | 8.7% | 8.7% | 6% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Roosevelt Park, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Roosevelt Park
The biggest share goes to Norton Shores (9%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roosevelt Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Park | – | B− | B− | 22 min | $62,857 |
| Norton Shores | 9% | B | C+ | 20 min | $76,579 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roosevelt Park’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 Roosevelt Park: questions
What is the median household income in Roosevelt Park?
$62,857 (±$7,384) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roosevelt Park?
12.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roosevelt Park?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roosevelt Park work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muskegon (21%, 2 mi), Norton Shores (9%, 3 mi), Spring Lake Township (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Roosevelt Park walkable?
Roosevelt Park is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roosevelt Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roosevelt Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roosevelt Park
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.