Masters Road-Belle River Bridge · Photo: Notorious4life · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Sigel Township works elsewhere
7% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%. 57 jobs are based in Sigel Township, and 148 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Sigel Township; the top destination outside it is Bad Axe (16%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Sigel Township on a workday
On a workday 144 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Sigel Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Commuting out of Sigel Township: the destinations
Where Sigel Township clocks in
12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 68% of the jobs in Sigel Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sigel Township, 2011 → 2021: 26 → 57. 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 Sigel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes to work from Sigel Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sigel Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 190 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.
How many miles Sigel Township commutes
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.
Work in the towns next to Sigel Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sigel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigel Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $70,833 |
| Verona Township | under 2% | C | C− | 15 min | $59,904 |
| Paris Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Sand Beach Township | under 2% | D | C | 19 min | $59,833 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Paris Township and Bloomfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sigel 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 Sigel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sigel Township?
$70,833 (±$8,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sigel Township?
4.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sigel Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sigel Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bad Axe (16%, 9 mi), Harbor Beach (12%, 9 mi), Huron Township (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Sigel Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sigel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sigel 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.