Waverly Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
43 jobs are based in Waverly Township for 131 working residents. Hardly any work in Waverly Township itself; outside it, Cheboygan draws the most (11%, 16 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Waverly Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Waverly Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where Waverly Township goes to work
Where Waverly Township clocks in
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Waverly Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waverly Township, 2011 → 2021: 9 → 43. 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 Waverly Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Waverly Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waverly Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 185 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Waverly Township
About 27% 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.
How Waverly Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Walker Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waverly Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waverly Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $67,375 |
| Grant Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| North Allis Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Forest Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Walker Township | 5% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Koehler Township | under 3% | C− | C− | 33 min | $61,859 |
| Aloha Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant Township, North Allis Township and Walker Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Forest Township and Aloha Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waverly 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 Waverly Township: questions
What is the median household income in Waverly Township?
$67,375 (±$19,187) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waverly Township?
19.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waverly Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waverly Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheboygan (11%, 16 mi), Mentor Township (8%, 17 mi), Walker Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Waverly Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waverly Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waverly 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.