With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Arlington Township works elsewhere
There are 165 jobs in Arlington Township for 690 working residents. The two grades for Arlington Township are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% stay in Arlington Township for work; outside it, Kalamazoo is the main destination (8%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Arlington Township: the gist
Arlington Township is a place people come home to
There are 165 jobs based in Arlington Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Arlington Township has about 1,400 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Arlington Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Arlington Township is Kalamazoo, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 690 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Arlington Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Arlington Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Arlington Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Arlington Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 and poverty, Arlington Township could be anywhere from D to C.
How many people are in Arlington Township by day
On a workday 661 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Arlington Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
How far Arlington Township’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Commuting out of Arlington Township: the destinations
Where Arlington Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
In Arlington Township, 33% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arlington Township, 2011 → 2021: 58 → 165. 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 Arlington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way for Arlington Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arlington Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 651 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.
For most of Arlington Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Arlington Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.9% of Arlington Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Arlington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Arlington Township is 3,996th among 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,994 | Hartley IA | 1,579 | $58K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 14% | C− |
| 3,995 | Denton NC | 1,610 | $51K | 14.8% | 8.8% | 8% | C− |
| 3,996 | Arlington Township MI | 1,947 | $65K | 17.4% | 5.7% | 4% | C− |
| 3,997 | West Turin NY | 1,680 | $69K | 13.2% | 4.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,998 | Locke NY | 1,893 | $69K | 21.2% | 0.6% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Arlington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 13% of Arlington Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arlington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Township | – | C− | C | 27 min | $64,926 |
| Lawrence Township | 8% | C | D | 33 min | $63,607 |
| Bangor | 5% | D | A− | 18 min | $49,764 |
| Waverly Township | under 2% | B | D− | 29 min | $84,306 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $63,068 |
| Bangor Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bangor Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lawrence Township. Darker towns draw more of Arlington 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 Arlington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Arlington Township?
$64,926 (±$9,231) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arlington Township?
17.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arlington Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arlington Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (8%, 23 mi), Paw Paw Township (8%, 8 mi), Lawrence Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Arlington Township walkable?
Arlington Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Arlington Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arlington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arlington 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.