Marquette draws more than half of Trowbridge Park’s working residents
Commuters spend 11 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S. 561 jobs are based in Trowbridge Park for 879 working residents. 11% of workers have no commute at all; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Trowbridge Park in brief
More than half of Trowbridge Park works in Marquette
445 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Marquette, 2.2 miles away across the town line. That’s 17 times as many as work in Trowbridge Park itself. The commute map ↓
Most Trowbridge Park residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Trowbridge Park are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 100 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 879 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Trowbridge Park work
Where Trowbridge Park clocks in
51% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
How many miles Trowbridge Park commutes
About 24% 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.
Trowbridge Park’s commute takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Trowbridge Park workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,032 commuters (the 11% 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 daily flow of workers through Trowbridge Park
On a workday 851 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 533 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Trowbridge Park on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Trowbridge Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Trowbridge Park, 2011 → 2021: 467 → 561. 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 Trowbridge Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 51% of Trowbridge Park’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Trowbridge Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowbridge Park | – | — | — | 11 min | $50,125 |
| Marquette | 51% | C | A | 13 min | $55,613 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marquette. Darker towns draw more of Trowbridge Park’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 Trowbridge Park: questions
What is the median household income in Trowbridge Park?
$50,125 (±$19,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Trowbridge Park?
11.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Trowbridge Park?
11 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Trowbridge Park work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Trowbridge Park 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 Trowbridge Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Trowbridge Park
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.