House at 7066 Lobdell Road · Photo: Matthew Lampe · Public domainArgentine Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Argentine Township grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. There are 600 jobs in Argentine Township for 2,798 working residents. Measured by household income, Argentine Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Argentine Township: the figures worth knowing
Argentine Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Argentine Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Flint, gets only 7% of working residents, and 63% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Argentine Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Argentine Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Argentine Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #264 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Argentine Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Argentine Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Commuting from Argentine Township: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Argentine Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,191 commuters (the 8% 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.
7% of working residents work in Flint
Where Argentine Township clocks in
7% 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.
How a workday changes Argentine Township
On a workday 2,670 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 472 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Argentine Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The kinds of work in Argentine Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Argentine Township, 2011 → 2021: 558 → 600. 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 Argentine Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Argentine Township
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.
For most of Argentine Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Argentine Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns, #613 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,471 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Argentine Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Argentine Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Argentine Township is 1,306th of 3,227 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Plymouth MI | 9,164 | $112K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,304 | Berkeley IL | 5,141 | $86K | 17.5% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,305 | Platte City MO | 4,911 | $71K | 10.3% | 2.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,306 | Argentine Township MI | 7,021 | $99K | 4.8% | 5.5% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,307 | Clarkston Heights-Vineland WA | 7,884 | $101K | 7.8% | 1.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,308 | Hubbard OH | 7,528 | $63K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Argentine Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Argentine Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Fenton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Argentine Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine Township | – | B+ | D | 36 min | $98,508 |
| Gaines Township | under 2% | B | D | 32 min | $84,363 |
| Fenton Township | 3% | A | C− | 30 min | $111,548 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 42 min | $105,257 |
| Burns Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 40 min | $83,750 |
| Gaines | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gaines: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Argentine 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 Argentine Township: questions
What is the median household income in Argentine Township?
$98,508 (±$9,840) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Argentine Township?
4.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Argentine Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Argentine Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (7%, 16 mi), Fenton (7%, 8 mi), Flint Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Argentine Township walkable?
Argentine Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Argentine Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Argentine Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Argentine 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.