Most of Sagola Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. There are 153 jobs in Sagola Township for 381 working residents. Jobs and income earn Sagola Township B−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sagola Township at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Sagola Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sagola Township fell from 528 in 2011 to 153 in 2021, −71%. 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 ↓
Few Sagola Township 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 ↓
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 381 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Sagola Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Sagola Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sagola Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Sagola 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, Sagola Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Goods, not services: 78% of the jobs in Sagola Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sagola Township, 2011 → 2021: 528 → 153. 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 Sagola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Sagola Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sagola Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 378 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Sagola Township
On a workday 362 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Sagola Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
27% of working residents work in Iron Mountain
Where Sagola Township clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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 Sagola Township
About 20% 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.
In Sagola Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sagola Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 385 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). 0.7% of Sagola Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sagola Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Sagola Township ranks 1,096th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,094 | Siletz OR | 1,213 | $87K | 5.5% | 8.0% | 10% | B− |
| 1,095 | Junction Township KS | 1,230 | $77K | 4.5% | 1.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,096 | Sagola Township MI | 1,053 | $78K | 4.4% | 5.1% | 5% | B− |
| 1,097 | Washington Township OH | 1,135 | $85K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,098 | New Haven Township MI | 1,211 | $68K | 6.0% | 2.3% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Sagola Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Sagola Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Breitung Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sagola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sagola Township | – | B− | C− | 26 min | $78,333 |
| Felch Township | 5% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Norway Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 21 min | $90,750 |
| Mastodon Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Mansfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Humboldt Township | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Republic Township | under 3% | D | B− | 35 min | $49,663 |
| Breitung Township | 7% | B− | C | 16 min | $72,343 |
| Ely Township | under 3% | B | C− | 31 min | $100,104 |
Same-state neighbors only. Felch Township, Mastodon Township, Mansfield Township and Humboldt Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sagola 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 Sagola Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sagola Township?
$78,333 (±$9,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sagola Township?
4.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sagola Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sagola Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iron Mountain (27%, 19 mi), Kingsford (7%, 21 mi), Breitung Township (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sagola Township walkable?
Sagola Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sagola 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 Sagola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sagola 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.