Photo: LittleT889 · CC BY 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Schoolcraft Township (3.1%) than in 68% of U.S. towns
Schoolcraft Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in ten stay in Schoolcraft Township for work; outside it, Kalamazoo is the main destination (17%, 11 miles). At home: 7% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Schoolcraft Township and work: the main findings
Schoolcraft Township makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Schoolcraft Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Schoolcraft Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Schoolcraft Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Schoolcraft Township went from 1,886 in 2011 to 2,960 in 2021, +57%. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Schoolcraft Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schoolcraft Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #271 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Schoolcraft Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schoolcraft Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In Schoolcraft Township, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
2,960 jobs are based in Schoolcraft Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schoolcraft Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,886 → 2,960. 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 Schoolcraft Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Schoolcraft Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,646 residents head out to work, 374 work right here, and 2,586 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Schoolcraft Township on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.74 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Schoolcraft Township’s residents
Where Schoolcraft Township clocks in
17% 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.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Schoolcraft Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schoolcraft Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,452 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.
The distance from Schoolcraft Township to work
About 19% 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.
Driving is how Schoolcraft Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schoolcraft Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #506 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Schoolcraft Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,777 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). 3.7% of Schoolcraft Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Schoolcraft Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Schoolcraft Township is 1,283rd of 2,867 U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
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| 33 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 70 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,281 | Clinton TN | 10,466 | $69K | 12.7% | 1.4% | 19% | B+ |
| 1,282 | Dudley MA | 11,972 | $85K | 6.4% | 4.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,283 | Schoolcraft Township MI | 9,316 | $81K | 8.5% | 3.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,284 | Bristol PA | 9,970 | $76K | 8.6% | 5.1% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,285 | Park Township KS | 8,984 | $70K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,867 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Schoolcraft Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
19% of Schoolcraft Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schoolcraft Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolcraft Township | – | B+ | C− | 22 min | $80,590 |
| Brady Township | 2% | A− | C− | 26 min | $108,954 |
| Prairie Ronde Township | under 3% | A | D− | 26 min | $126,000 |
| Park Township | under 3% | B | D− | 20 min | $78,750 |
| Vicksburg | under 3% | B | C | 26 min | $72,656 |
| Portage | 17% | B+ | B− | 20 min | $83,212 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Portage. Darker towns draw more of Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft Township: questions
What is the median household income in Schoolcraft Township?
$80,590 (±$9,253) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schoolcraft Township?
8.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schoolcraft Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schoolcraft Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (17%, 11 mi), Portage (17%, 6 mi), Oshtemo Township (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Schoolcraft Township walkable?
Schoolcraft Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schoolcraft 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.