Most of Tilden Township commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Tilden Township grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 14 jobs are based in Tilden Township for 390 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Tilden Township: the gist
Much of Tilden Township works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders Tilden Township: Ishpeming (31%), Ishpeming Township (8%) and Ely Township (4%). Next door ↓
Tilden Township is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Tilden Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tilden Township has about 690 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Tilden Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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 390 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Tilden Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tilden Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Tilden Township’s grade up (12.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Tilden 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tilden Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tilden Township
On a workday 387 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Tilden Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Tilden Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tilden Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 502 commuters (the 4% 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.
31% of working residents work in Ishpeming
Where Tilden Township clocks in
31% of workers
17% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 57% of the jobs in Tilden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tilden Township, 2011 → 2021: 10 → 14. 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 Tilden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Tilden Township, by distance
About 19% 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 Tilden Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tilden Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 525 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). 1.0% of Tilden Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tilden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tilden Township is 2,047th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,045 | Chinook MT | 1,155 | $62K | 8.4% | 6.2% | 36% | C− |
| 2,046 | Montgomery Township IN | 1,222 | $60K | 10.2% | 4.4% | <1% | C− |
| 2,047 | Tilden Township MI | 1,062 | $68K | 12.2% | 4.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,048 | Centreville MI | 1,374 | $60K | 13.9% | 6.1% | 8% | C− |
| 2,049 | Litchfield MI | 1,394 | $53K | 11.4% | 4.8% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Tilden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 46% of Tilden Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ishpeming (31%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tilden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden Township | – | C− | C− | 23 min | $67,596 |
| Ely Township | 4% | B | C− | 31 min | $100,104 |
| Richmond Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Ishpeming | 31% | D | A− | 19 min | $52,754 |
| Forsyth Township | 3% | C | C− | 24 min | $62,018 |
| Ishpeming Township | 8% | B− | C | 21 min | $94,271 |
| West Branch Township | under 2% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| West Ishpeming | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richmond Township and West Branch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. West Ishpeming: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tilden 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 Tilden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tilden Township?
$67,596 (±$14,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tilden Township?
12.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tilden Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tilden Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ishpeming (31%, 8 mi), Marquette (17%, 19 mi), Ishpeming Township (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tilden Township walkable?
Tilden Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tilden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tilden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tilden 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.