Faunce-McMichael Farm · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Tuscarora Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Tuscarora Township report 523 jobs, and 972 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Tuscarora Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 7% stay in Tuscarora Township for work; outside it, Petoskey is the main destination (9%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tuscarora Township: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Many jobs in Tuscarora Township pay little
30% of the jobs based in Tuscarora Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 34% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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 972 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Tuscarora Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tuscarora Township is better than 39% of U.S. towns, #495 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Tuscarora Township’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns).
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, poverty and unemployment, Tuscarora Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The distance from Tuscarora Township to work
About 38% 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.
What Tuscarora Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuscarora Township, 2011 → 2021: 290 → 523. 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 Tuscarora Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Tuscarora Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 905 residents head out to work, 67 work right here, and 456 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Tuscarora Township on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 Tuscarora Township to work: where people go
Where Tuscarora Township clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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 daily trip from Tuscarora Township: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuscarora Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,309 commuters (the 10% 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.
Most trips from Tuscarora Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tuscarora Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #564 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,454 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). 5.0% of Tuscarora Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tuscarora Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Tuscarora Township is 2,740th among 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,738 | Odem TX | 2,291 | $69K | 11.5% | 5.9% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,739 | Bristol ME | 2,969 | $101K | 6.4% | 7.7% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,740 | Tuscarora Township MI | 3,113 | $66K | 11.7% | 2.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,741 | Johnson Township OH | 3,135 | $60K | 7.4% | 5.6% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,742 | Ashford AL | 2,470 | $65K | 15.0% | 3.0% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tuscarora Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Tuscarora Township
The biggest share goes to Mentor Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuscarora Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscarora Township | – | C+ | D | 28 min | $66,042 |
| Koehler Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 33 min | $61,859 |
| Mentor Township | 4% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Burt Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Littlefield Township | under 2% | B | B | 18 min | $85,262 |
| Ellis Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Mullett Township | under 2% | B− | C | 33 min | $82,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mentor Township, Burt Township and Ellis Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tuscarora 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 Tuscarora Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tuscarora Township?
$66,042 (±$11,443) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuscarora Township?
11.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuscarora Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuscarora Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Petoskey (9%, 16 mi), Bear Creek Township (5%, 14 mi), Mentor Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tuscarora Township walkable?
Tuscarora Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuscarora Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tuscarora Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuscarora 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.