Photo: Charles W. Bash · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in St. James Township, and the trip to work
Working residents average 9 minutes each way, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. There are 102 jobs in St. James Township, and 94 of its residents work somewhere. 12% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
St. James Township by day and by night
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 63 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 (1.09 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.
11% of working residents work in Peaine Township
Where St. James Township clocks in
Lines 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.
What St. James Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. James Township, 2011 → 2021: 51 → 102. 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. James Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 9 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. James Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 12% 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 St. James Township commutes
About 29% 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.
11% of St. James Township works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. James Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James Township | – | — | — | 9 min | $63,333 |
| Peaine Township | 11% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peaine Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Peaine Township. Darker towns draw more of St. James 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. James Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. James Township?
$63,333 (±$14,819) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. James Township?
10.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. James Township?
9 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. James Township work?
41% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Peaine Township (11%, 14 mi), East Jordan (4%, 50 mi), Elk Rapids Township (3%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around St. James Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. James Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. James 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.