Rudyard Township has lower household incomes than 67% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 9.2%; Michigan has 13.2%. Jobs and income earn Rudyard Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C. 6% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rudyard Township stands out on work
30% of Rudyard Township works in Sault Ste. Marie
114 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Sault Ste. Marie, 22 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Rudyard Township itself. The commute map ↓
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 374 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Rudyard Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Rudyard Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rudyard Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Rudyard 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rudyard Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
30% of working residents work in Sault Ste. Marie
Where Rudyard Township clocks in
30% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rudyard Township
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.
The daily commute in and out of Rudyard Township
On a workday 354 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 263 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 (0.76 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.
What work there is in Rudyard Township: 283 jobs
283 jobs are based in Rudyard Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rudyard Township, 2011 → 2021: 116 → 283. 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 Rudyard Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Rudyard Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rudyard Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 514 commuters (the 6% 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.
Most trips from Rudyard Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rudyard Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 545 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). 5.6% of Rudyard Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rudyard Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Rudyard Township is 3,254th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,252 | Bremen OH | 1,528 | $61K | 15.7% | 5.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,253 | Shell Lake WI | 1,414 | $58K | 8.9% | 0.5% | 14% | C− |
| 3,254 | Rudyard Township MI | 1,290 | $64K | 9.2% | 2.7% | 5% | C− |
| 3,255 | Highland Township MI | 1,190 | $77K | 14.7% | 2.4% | 2% | C− |
| 3,256 | Andes NY | 1,099 | $75K | 12.0% | 9.4% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Rudyard Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 13% of Rudyard Township
The biggest share goes to Kinross Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rudyard Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudyard Township | – | C− | C | 22 min | $64,453 |
| Kinross Township | 11% | D− | C− | 22 min | $61,250 |
| Trout Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Pickford Township | 2% | B | C | 24 min | $99,688 |
| Marquette Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Trout Lake Township and Marquette Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rudyard 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 Rudyard Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rudyard Township?
$64,453 (±$10,333) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rudyard Township?
9.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rudyard Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rudyard Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (30%, 22 mi), Kinross Township (11%, 6 mi), Soo Township (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Rudyard Township walkable?
Rudyard Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rudyard Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rudyard Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rudyard 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.