Birch Lodge Hospital and Summer Resort Sanitarium · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Trout Lake Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Trout Lake Township itself; outside it, Sault Ste. Marie draws the most (22%, 33 miles). Trout Lake Township has 27 jobs; 88 of its residents have a job. 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Trout Lake Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Trout Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Out of Trout Lake Township to work: where people go
Where Trout Lake Township clocks in
22% 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.
The kinds of work in Trout Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trout Lake Township, 2011 → 2021: 22 → 27. 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 Trout Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 45 minutes in Trout Lake Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trout Lake Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 69 commuters (the 1% 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.
Miles to work from Trout Lake Township
About 25% 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.
Work next door: 10% of Trout Lake Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Kinross Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trout Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trout Lake Township | – | — | — | 45 min | $46,500 |
| Rudyard Township | 3% | C− | C | 22 min | $64,453 |
| Moran Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $68,059 |
| Kinross Township | 7% | D− | C− | 22 min | $61,250 |
| Chippewa Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Brevort Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hendricks Township | under 3% | — | — | 63 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chippewa Township, Brevort Township and Hendricks Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Trout Lake 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 Trout Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Trout Lake Township?
$46,500 (±$23,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trout Lake Township?
8.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trout Lake Township?
45 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trout Lake Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (22%, 33 mi), Whitefish Township (17%, 29 mi), Kinross Township (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Trout Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Trout Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trout Lake 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.