Mackinac Trail-Carp River Bridge · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in St. Ignace Township trail those of 84% of U.S. towns
St. Ignace Township grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 19.2% (Michigan 13.2%). Only 7% stay in St. Ignace Township for work; outside it, St. Ignace is the main destination (20%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. Ignace Township and work: the main findings
A lot of St. Ignace Township works one town over
42% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Ignace Township: St. Ignace (20%), Moran Township (10%) and Mackinac Island (10%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in St. Ignace Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in St. Ignace Township fell from 988 in 2011 to 234 in 2021, −76%. 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 ↓
Commutes from St. Ignace Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. 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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in St. Ignace Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, St. Ignace Township is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides St. Ignace Township’s grade.
Unemployment (24.3%) is left out: St. Ignace 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, St. Ignace Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
St. Ignace Township is a services town
234 jobs are based in St. Ignace Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Ignace Township, 2011 → 2021: 988 → 234. 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 St. Ignace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 18 minutes in St. Ignace Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Ignace Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 357 commuters (the 11% 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 a workday changes St. Ignace Township
On a workday 278 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 213 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 (0.78 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.
The places St. Ignace Township commutes to
Where St. Ignace Township clocks in
10% 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.
The distance from St. Ignace Township to work
About 24% 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.
Most of St. Ignace Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Ignace Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 399 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). 8.7% of St. Ignace Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Ignace Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How St. Ignace Township compares with U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
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| 2,875 | Pamplico SC | 1,062 | $35K | 31.7% | 5.7% | 5% | D− |
| 2,876 | Maple Grove Township MI | 1,345 | $58K | 23.8% | 11.3% | 5% | D− |
| 2,877 | St. Ignace Township MI | 1,007 | $53K | 19.2% | 24.3% | 7% | D− |
| 2,878 | Peach Springs AZ | 1,234 | $60K | 40.7% | 18.1% | 19% | D− |
| 2,879 | Beaverton MI | 1,217 | $30K | 18.2% | 1.5% | 8% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 St. Ignace Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 42% of St. Ignace Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Ignace Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Ignace Township | – | D− | C+ | 18 min | $52,656 |
| Marquette Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Moran Township | 10% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $68,059 |
| Brevort Township | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Mackinac Island | 10% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| St. Ignace | 20% | C | A | 31 min | $64,663 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marquette Township, Brevort Township and Mackinac Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Ignace. Darker towns draw more of St. Ignace 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 St. Ignace Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Ignace Township?
$52,656 (±$25,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Ignace Township?
19.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Ignace Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Ignace Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Ignace (20%, 11 mi), Mackinac Island (10%, 13 mi), Moran Township (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is St. Ignace Township walkable?
St. Ignace Township is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Ignace Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Ignace Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Ignace 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.