Udell Lookout Tower · Photo: US Forest Service · Public domainMaking a living in Stronach Township
2% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%). Only 5% stay in Stronach Township for work; outside it, Manistee Township is the main destination (19%, 7 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stronach Township and work: the main findings
Stronach Township makes and builds things
95% of the jobs based in Stronach Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stronach Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Stronach Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
92% of the jobs based in Stronach Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 46% of the jobs Stronach Township residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Stronach Township. The jobs ↓
A lot of Stronach Township works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Stronach Township: Manistee Township (19%), Manistee (11%) and Filer Township (5%). Next door ↓
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 281 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 95% of jobs based in Stronach Township
440 jobs are based in Stronach Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stronach Township, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 440. 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 Stronach Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Stronach Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 266 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 425 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Stronach Township on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.6 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.
Where Stronach Township’s workforce comes from
Where Stronach Township clocks in
19% of workers
11% 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.
From Stronach Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stronach Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 430 commuters (the 2% 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.
The distance from Stronach Township to work
About 26% 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.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Stronach Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stronach Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stronach Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $80,417 |
| Filer Township | 5% | B− | C− | 19 min | $74,675 |
| Norman Township | 4% | C− | D | 25 min | $63,634 |
| Manistee Township | 19% | C− | C− | 18 min | $65,461 |
| Manistee | 11% | D | A− | 15 min | $60,541 |
| Brown Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Free Soil Township | under 2% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Meade Township | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Eastlake | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brown Township, Free Soil Township, Meade Township and Eastlake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manistee Township. Darker towns draw more of Stronach 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 Stronach Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stronach Township?
$80,417 (±$21,844) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stronach Township?
5.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stronach Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stronach Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manistee Township (19%, 7 mi), Manistee (11%, 9 mi), Filer Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Stronach Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stronach Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stronach 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.