Idlewild Historic District · Public domainYates Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Yates Township; the top destination outside it is Pleasant Plains Township (9%, 7 miles). Yates Township has 24 jobs, against 172 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Yates Township on a workday
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Yates Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 people from Yates Township work
Where Yates Township clocks in
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.
Yates Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Yates Township, 2011 → 2021: 39 → 24. 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 Yates Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 42 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Yates Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 2% 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 it is to work from Yates Township
About 47% 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.
Around Yates Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Yates Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yates Township | – | — | — | 42 min | $30,000 |
| Chase Township | under 3% | D | C− | 32 min | $61,563 |
| Home Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Pleasant Plains Township | 9% | D− | B | 27 min | $33,269 |
| Cherry Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Home Township and Cherry Valley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pleasant Plains Township. Darker towns draw more of Yates 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 Yates Township: questions
What is the median household income in Yates Township?
$30,000 (±$11,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Yates Township?
29.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Yates Township?
42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Yates Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pleasant Plains Township (9%, 7 mi), Reed City (5%, 12 mi), Webber Township (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Yates Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Yates Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Yates 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.