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Jobs & commute in Warner Township

Warner Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Warner Township itself; outside it, East Jordan draws the most (8%, 12 miles). 47 jobs are based in Warner Township for 120 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (Michigan 24, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

47 jobs based here
Household income
$75K
median · Michigan $73K
Poverty
13.5%
Michigan 13.2%
Unemployment
7.4%
Michigan 5.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
25 min
Michigan 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 120 working residents
Work from home
10%
Michigan 14% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

A workday in Warner Township: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 120 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.

120live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
47work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday310
380live here− 120head out to work+ 47come in to work= 310on a workday

About 310 people are in Warner Township on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.39jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Warner Township ends

OnawayCharlevoix: 5 residents work here (4%)East Jordan: 9 residents work here (8%)Boyne City: 6 residents work here (5%)Gaylord: 4 residents work here (3%)Petoskey: 3 residents work here (3%)Traverse City: 7 residents work here (6%)Kentwood: 4 residents work here (3%)Au Sable TownshipElmira TownshipHayes TownshipOtsego Lake TownshipKearney Township: 7 residents work here (6%)Springfield TownshipSouth Arm Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Charlevoix Township: 7 residents work here (6%)Echo TownshipChestonia TownshipJordan TownshipColdsprings TownshipMancelona TownshipStar TownshipWarner TownshipBoyne Valley TownshipEast JordanTraverse CityKearney TownshipCharlevoix TownshipBoyne CityCharlevoixWarner Township
1
East Jordan12.5 mi away
8%9
2
Traverse City39.8 mi away
6%7
3
Kearney Township11.6 mi away
6%7
4
Charlevoix Township24.3 mi away
6%7
5
Boyne City10.9 mi away
5%6
6
Charlevoix23.5 mi away
4%5
7
Gaylord12.2 mi away
3%4
8
Kentwood154.5 mi away
3%4
9
Petoskey20.6 mi away
3%3
10
South Arm Township13.6 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%65
The top trips

Where Warner Township clocks in

8%East Jordan
8% of workers
12.5 mi awayEast Jordan9 Warner Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
39.8 mi awayTraverse City7 Warner Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6%Kearney Township
6% of workers
11.6 mi awayKearney Township7 Warner Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

What Warner Township’s employers do

Jobs based in Warner TownshipJobs Warner Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms15%31%
Trade, transport & utilities28%17%
Services: health, schools, offices57%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less28%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%36%
Over $3,333 a month32%48%

Who does it

29 or younger34%20%
30 to 5438%48%
55 and older28%33%
−48%

Jobs based in Warner Township, 2011 → 2021: 91 → 47. 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 Warner Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Warner Township spends getting to work: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
195 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Warner Township25 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Warner Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Warner Township gets to work
96%Drive alone
3%Carpool
1%Other

Share of the 159 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.

How far

Miles to work from Warner Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEast Jordan: 8% · 12.5 miTraverse City: 6% · 39.8 miKearney Township: 6% · 11.6 miCharlevoix Township: 6% · 24.3 miBoyne City: 5% · 10.9 miCharlevoix: 4% · 23.5 miGaylord: 3% · 12.2 miKentwood: 3% · 154.5 miPetoskey: 3% · 20.6 miSouth Arm Township: 3% · 13.6 miEast Jordan 8%Traverse City 6%Kearney Township 6%Charlevoix Township 6%Warner Township
Warner TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi15 residents
42%10–24 mi50 residents
21%25–50 mi25 residents
25%Over 50 mi30 residents

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.

Next door

How Warner Township compares with the towns next door

Jordan Township: few work hereElmira Township: few work hereStar Township: few work hereBoyne Valley Township: few work hereChestonia Township: few work hereJordan TownshipElmira TownshipStar TownshipBoyne Valley TownshipChestonia TownshipWarner Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Chestonia Township17 min
Elmira Township20 min
Boyne Valley Township23 min
Warner Township25 min
Jordan Township28 min
Star Township34 min
Jordan Townshipunder 3% of Warner TownshipElmira Townshipunder 3% of Warner TownshipStar Townshipunder 3% of Warner TownshipBoyne Valley Townshipunder 3% of Warner TownshipChestonia Townshipunder 3% of Warner Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownWarner Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Warner Township–——25 min$75,469
Jordan Townshipunder 3%——28 min—
Elmira Townshipunder 3%B−D20 min$82,143
Star Townshipunder 3%C+C34 min$85,750
Boyne Valley Townshipunder 3%C+C23 min$76,653
Chestonia Townshipunder 3%——17 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Jordan Township and Chestonia Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Warner Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Warner Township: questions

What is the median household income in Warner Township?

$75,469 (±$10,952) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Warner Township?

13.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Warner Township?

25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Warner Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Jordan (8%, 12 mi), Traverse City (6%, 40 mi), Kearney Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Warner 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 Warner Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Warner Township

Warner Township home →
25min commute
HandbookGetting around Warner TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in MIShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.