A job hub: Roscommon Township has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 2,042 people come in to work
Employers in Roscommon Township report 2,270 jobs, against 1,254 working residents. Jobs and income earn Roscommon Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Roscommon Township is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Roscommon Township
Roscommon Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Roscommon Township went from 1,337 in 2011 to 2,270 in 2021, +70%. The jobs ↓
Roscommon Township is where the jobs are
Roscommon Township has 2,270 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Roscommon Township pay little
33% of the jobs based in Roscommon Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 44% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% 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 ↓
Fewer than half of Roscommon Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Roscommon Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Roscommon Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roscommon Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #588 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Roscommon Township’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
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, Roscommon Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The kinds of work in Roscommon Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roscommon Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,337 → 2,270. 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 Roscommon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Roscommon Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,026 residents head out to work and 228 work right here.
About 5,500 people are in Roscommon Township on a workday afternoon, 22% more 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.
Half of Roscommon Township commutes less than 29 miles
About 40% 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.
Who travels to work in Roscommon Township, and from where
Where Roscommon 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Roscommon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roscommon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,526 commuters (the 11% 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 Roscommon Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roscommon Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #468 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 1,723 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). 10.7% of Roscommon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Roscommon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Roscommon Township places 3,014th of 3,862 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | 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 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 114 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 118 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,012 | Benton City WA | 4,019 | $64K | 11.3% | 7.6% | 6% | C− |
| 3,013 | Vernon Township IN | 3,436 | $65K | 21.8% | 5.7% | 14% | C− |
| 3,014 | Roscommon Township MI | 4,520 | $53K | 12.3% | 3.6% | 18% | C− |
| 3,015 | Buena Vista CO | 3,248 | $78K | 7.3% | 12.4% | 30% | C− |
| 3,016 | New Carlisle OH | 5,525 | $64K | 18.7% | 13.3% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | 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 Roscommon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Roscommon Township and its neighbors: 12% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roscommon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roscommon Township | – | C− | C− | 25 min | $53,186 |
| Denton Township | 12% | D | B | 24 min | $45,640 |
| Butterfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Nester Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Holland Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lake Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 40 min | $63,295 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Frost Township | under 2% | D− | D | 49 min | $46,667 |
Same-state neighbors only. Butterfield Township, Nester Township, Holland Township and Franklin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Denton Township. Darker towns draw more of Roscommon 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 Roscommon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Roscommon Township?
$53,186 (±$5,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roscommon Township?
12.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roscommon Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roscommon Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denton Township (12%, 6 mi), Grayling (3%, 30 mi), Higgins Township (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Roscommon Township walkable?
Roscommon Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roscommon Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roscommon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roscommon 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.