Photo: Gpwitteveen · CC BY-SA 3.0Weldon Township draws 421 commuters a day, with 2.0 jobs for every working resident
432 jobs are based in Weldon Township, and 211 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Weldon Township itself; outside it, Traverse City draws the most (15%, 24 miles). For 6% of workers, the job is at home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Weldon Township and work: the main findings
Many jobs in Weldon Township pay little
44% of the jobs based in Weldon Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Weldon Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Weldon Township is Traverse City, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (32) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Weldon Township
40% of Weldon Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 15% of the jobs based in Weldon Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. 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 211 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Weldon Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weldon Township, 2011 → 2021: 334 → 432. 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 Weldon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Weldon Township to work
About 23% 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.
Who leaves Weldon Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 200 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 820 people are in Weldon Township on a workday afternoon, 37% more 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 Weldon Township’s workforce comes from
Where Weldon Township clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Weldon Township: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weldon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 337 commuters (the 6% 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.
12% of Weldon Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Benzonia Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Weldon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weldon Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $63,500 |
| Homestead Township | 3% | C | B | 31 min | $62,061 |
| Joyfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Springdale Township | under 3% | D− | D− | 29 min | $53,295 |
| Colfax Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Benzonia Township | 9% | C | B | 18 min | $72,500 |
| Thompsonville | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Joyfield Township, Colfax Township and Thompsonville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Weldon 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 Weldon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Weldon Township?
$63,500 (±$11,690) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weldon Township?
11.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weldon Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weldon Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (15%, 24 mi), Garfield Township (12%, 22 mi), Benzonia Township (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Weldon Township without a car?
1% 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 Weldon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weldon 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.