Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0Rubicon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Rubicon Township has 40 jobs for 265 working residents. Only 3% work in Rubicon Township; the top destination outside it is Bad Axe (13%, 17 miles). Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; the Michigan average is 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rubicon Township at work: what stands out
Rubicon Township is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Rubicon Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rubicon Township has about 470 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Rubicon Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Rubicon Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 distance from Rubicon Township to work
About 30% 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.
Where Rubicon Township goes to work
Where Rubicon Township clocks in
9% 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.
In Rubicon Township, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rubicon Township, 2011 → 2021: 44 → 40. 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 Rubicon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Rubicon Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rubicon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 353 commuters (the 10% 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.
Around Rubicon Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Sand Beach Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rubicon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubicon Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $75,208 |
| Gore Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Port Hope | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Sand Beach Township | 2% | D | C | 19 min | $59,833 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gore Township, Port Hope and Bloomfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rubicon 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 Rubicon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rubicon Township?
$75,208 (±$12,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rubicon Township?
11.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rubicon Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rubicon Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bad Axe (13%, 17 mi), Harbor Beach (9%, 4 mi), Huron Township (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Rubicon 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 Rubicon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rubicon 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.