With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Superior Township works elsewhere
Superior Township grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 133 jobs are based in Superior Township, against 520 working residents. Only 3% work in Superior Township itself; outside it, Sault Ste. Marie draws the most (35%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Superior Township in brief
Superior Township and Sault Ste. Marie trade workers both ways
Sault Ste. Marie is the top workplace for Superior Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Superior Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Superior Township is a place people come home to
There are 133 jobs based in Superior Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Superior Township has about 880 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Superior Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan 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 520 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Superior Township
On income, poverty and job access, Superior Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Superior Township’s grade up ($72,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Superior 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 two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Superior Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Commuting out of Superior Township: the destinations
Where Superior Township clocks in
35% of workers
23% 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.
Superior Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Superior Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Superior Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Superior Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 501 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.
Services make up most of the work in Superior Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Superior Township, 2011 → 2021: 127 → 133. 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 Superior Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Superior Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Superior Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Superior Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Superior 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 545 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). 3.8% of Superior Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Superior Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Superior Township comes 3,407th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 3,405 | Bedford IA | 1,474 | $61K | 10.0% | 7.0% | 18% | C− |
| 3,406 | Mitchell NE | 1,513 | $54K | 11.1% | 3.9% | 11% | C− |
| 3,407 | Superior Township MI | 1,267 | $73K | 14.1% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,408 | Packwaukee WI | 1,497 | $64K | 13.0% | 2.3% | 1% | C− |
| 3,409 | Bayside Gardens OR | 1,128 | $78K | 14.9% | 8.9% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Superior Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Superior Township and its neighbors: 31% work next door
The biggest share goes to Bay Mills Township (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Superior Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Township | – | C− | C− | 19 min | $72,750 |
| Bay Mills Township | 23% | D | C+ | 19 min | $60,972 |
| Kinross Township | 6% | D− | C− | 22 min | $61,250 |
| Dafter Township | 2% | D | C | 15 min | $65,588 |
| Chippewa Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chippewa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Superior 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 Superior Township: questions
What is the median household income in Superior Township?
$72,750 (±$10,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Superior Township?
14.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Superior Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Superior Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (35%, 16 mi), Bay Mills Township (23%, 6 mi), Kinross Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Superior Township walkable?
Superior Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Superior 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 Superior Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Superior 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.