Most of Rose Lake Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Rose Lake Township for work; outside it, Reed City is the main destination (10%, 12 miles). Rose Lake Township has 97 jobs, against 487 working residents. The two grades for Rose Lake Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Rose Lake Township, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Rose Lake Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rose Lake Township fell from 309 in 2011 to 97 in 2021, −69%. 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 ↓
Rose Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 97 jobs based in Rose Lake Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rose Lake Township has about 1,100 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 ↓
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; with 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Rose Lake Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Rose Lake Township is better than 8% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Rose Lake Township’s grade up ($62,083, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Rose Lake 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rose Lake Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
Rose Lake Township works in goods: 79% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Lake Township, 2011 → 2021: 309 → 97. 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 Rose Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Rose Lake Township by day
On a workday 477 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Rose Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The commute from Rose Lake Township, by distance
About 33% 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.
The towns that employ Rose Lake Township’s residents
Where Rose Lake 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.
The daily trip from Rose Lake Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Lake Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 496 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.
For most of Rose Lake Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rose Lake Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 536 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). 3.6% of Rose Lake Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rose Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rose Lake Township is 5,405th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,403 | Fairfax MN | 1,203 | $60K | 19.6% | 1.9% | 8% | D |
| 5,404 | Machiasport ME | 1,004 | $60K | 15.9% | 1.9% | 4% | D |
| 5,405 | Rose Lake Township MI | 1,461 | $62K | 19.1% | 4.4% | 2% | D |
| 5,406 | Villenova NY | 1,047 | $64K | 20.1% | 1.1% | 1% | D |
| 5,407 | Elizabethtown NY | 1,180 | $57K | 16.2% | 5.5% | 24% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Rose Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Rose Lake Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Le Roy Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rose Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Lake Township | – | D | D | 32 min | $62,083 |
| Hartwick Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Le Roy Township | 6% | C | C− | 29 min | $67,500 |
| Cedar Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sherman Township | under 3% | D | C− | 24 min | $58,571 |
| Le Roy | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hartwick Township, Cedar Township and Le Roy: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rose Lake 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 Rose Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Lake Township?
$62,083 (±$9,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Lake Township?
19.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Lake Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Lake Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reed City (10%, 12 mi), Cadillac (10%, 16 mi), Evart (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Rose Lake Township walkable?
Rose Lake Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rose Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rose Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose Lake 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.