Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Blissfield Township, MI
About one in seven work in Blissfield Township itself; outside it, Adrian draws the most (10%, 10 miles). 3% of workers work from home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Blissfield Township and work: the main findings
Few Blissfield Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Blissfield Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Blissfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Blissfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blissfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,962 commuters (the 3% 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.
The 1,064 jobs based in Blissfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blissfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,259 → 1,064. 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 Blissfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Blissfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,249 residents head out to work, 200 work right here, and 864 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Blissfield Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.73 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 the trip to work from Blissfield Township ends
Where Blissfield Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Where in the region Blissfield Township works
About 19% 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 Blissfield Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blissfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blissfield Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $67,200 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 33 min | $77,065 |
| Palmyra Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $85,208 |
| Riga Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 27 min | $86,131 |
| Ogden Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Ridgeway Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 32 min | $80,250 |
| Blissfield | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $62,059 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ogden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blissfield 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 Blissfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blissfield Township?
$67,200 (±$25,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blissfield Township?
2.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blissfield Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blissfield Township work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (10%, 10 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 30 mi), Tecumseh (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Blissfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blissfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blissfield 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.