Photo: Derek Jensen (Tysto) · Public domainStony Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any stay in Stony Point for work; outside it, Frenchtown Township is the main destination (10%, 5 miles). Employers in Stony Point report 17 jobs; 723 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 30 minutes each way; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Stony Point apart
Stony Point is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Stony Point, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stony Point has about 1,100 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stony Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical 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 723 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Stony Point on a workday
On a workday 723 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Stony Point on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 from Stony Point: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stony Point workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 746 commuters (the 8% 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 people from Stony Point work
Where Stony Point clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Stony Point works in goods: 47% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stony Point, 2011 → 2021: 6 → 17. 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 Stony Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Stony Point to work
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.
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 Stony Point: questions
What is the median household income in Stony Point?
$53,872 (±$19,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stony Point?
14.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stony Point?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stony Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frenchtown Township (10%, 5 mi), Monroe (9%, 6 mi), Dearborn (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Stony Point 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 Stony Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stony Point
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.