Photo: jbthemilker @ Mapillary.com · CC BY-SA 4.0Stanton’s household incomes are lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Stanton D−; getting around on foot earns it B. 31.2% of residents live below the poverty line (Michigan 13.2%). 3% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stanton stands out on work
Stanton is where the jobs are
Stanton has 1,388 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,300 people are in town, 64% more than the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Stanton workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 504 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Stanton
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Stanton’s grade.
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Stanton’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, Stanton could be anywhere from D− to D.
Who commutes out of Stanton, and who commutes in
On a workday 450 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 1,334 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Stanton on a workday afternoon, 64% more than live here.
2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Time on the road from Stanton: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 384 commuters (the 3% 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’s workforce comes from
Where Stanton 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,388 jobs are based in Stanton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton, 2011 → 2021: 1,682 → 1,388. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Stanton
About 18% 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.
In Stanton, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stanton is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 396 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). 11.7% of Stanton households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stanton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Stanton compares with U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,549 | Ash Flat AR | 1,156 | $42K | 22.4% | 4.6% | 20% | D− |
| 5,550 | Munfordville KY | 1,730 | $33K | 33.3% | 4.4% | 15% | D− |
| 5,551 | Stanton MI | 1,383 | $49K | 31.2% | 8.4% | 11% | D− |
| 5,552 | Aurora MN | 1,643 | $42K | 20.1% | 4.4% | 14% | D− |
| 5,553 | Albany MO | 1,730 | $45K | 19.4% | 2.3% | 27% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Stanton, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Stanton compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sidney Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton | – | D− | B | 28 min | $48,750 |
| Day Township | under 3% | D | C− | 26 min | $60,278 |
| Douglass Township | under 3% | D | D | 27 min | $66,806 |
| Sidney Township | 4% | D | D | 26 min | $60,050 |
| Evergreen Township | 3% | C | D | 35 min | $59,144 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanton’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: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton?
$48,750 (±$19,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton?
31.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (10%, 12 mi), Grand Rapids (8%, 37 mi), Sidney Township (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Stanton walkable?
Stanton is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton
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.