Photo: Phoenix-Five · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Stanton Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Stanton Township itself; outside it, Houghton draws the most (31%, 10 miles). Employers in Stanton Township report 65 jobs, against 581 working residents. The two grades for Stanton Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanton Township at work: what stands out
Stanton Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Stanton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stanton Township has about 1,100 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Stanton Township works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Stanton Township: Houghton (31%) and Adams Township (6%). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Stanton Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 31 minutes, longer than the Michigan average of 24. 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 581 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Stanton Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Stanton Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Stanton Township’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Stanton 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stanton Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Stanton Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 572 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Stanton Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Stanton Township’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 473 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where Stanton Township’s working residents head each day
Where Stanton Township clocks in
31% of workers
14% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Stanton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton Township, 2011 → 2021: 15 → 65. 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 Stanton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stanton Township
About 21% 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.
For most of Stanton Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stanton Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stanton 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 559 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). 2.7% of Stanton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stanton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stanton Township places 2,621st of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,619 | Dravosburg PA | 1,536 | $52K | 12.3% | 4.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,620 | Sunfield Township MI | 2,055 | $78K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,621 | Stanton Township MI | 1,606 | $86K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,622 | Auglaize Township OH | 1,369 | $61K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,623 | Riverdale Park CA | 1,137 | $62K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Stanton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 37% of Stanton Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton Township | – | C+ | D | 31 min | $85,800 |
| Houghton | 31% | C+ | A | 11 min | $43,456 |
| Hancock Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Adams Township | 6% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $63,914 |
| Elm River Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Bohemia Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hancock Township, Elm River Township and Bohemia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Houghton. Darker towns draw more of Stanton 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 Stanton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton Township?
$85,800 (±$5,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton Township?
7.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houghton (31%, 10 mi), Hancock (14%, 9 mi), Portage Township (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Stanton Township walkable?
Stanton Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanton 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 Stanton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton 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.