Butler Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Butler Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). 68 jobs are based in Butler Township, and 508 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Butler Township for work; outside it, Coldwater is the main destination (31%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Butler Township: the figures worth knowing
Butler Township is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Butler Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Butler Township has about 980 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Butler Township works in Coldwater
157 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Coldwater, 8.4 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Butler Township itself. 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; with 508 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Butler Township: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Butler Township’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Butler 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Butler Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
Butler Township by day and by night
On a workday 505 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Butler 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.
Where Butler Township goes to work
Where Butler Township clocks in
31% of workers
5% 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 Butler Township, 81% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butler Township, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 68. 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 Butler Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butler Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 10% 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 commute from Butler Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
Most of Butler Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 369 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). 13.4% of Butler Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Butler Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Butler Township comes 3,036th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 3,034 | Mechanicsburg OH | 1,681 | $60K | 15.4% | 1.6% | 8% | C |
| 3,035 | Glenwood City WI | 1,254 | $73K | 12.2% | 4.8% | 5% | C |
| 3,036 | Butler Township MI | 1,415 | $71K | 9.1% | 3.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,037 | Golden Township MI | 1,704 | $67K | 6.8% | 12.8% | 11% | C |
| 3,038 | Mifflin Township PA | 1,077 | $66K | 10.3% | 2.7% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Butler Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Butler Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Quincy Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Butler Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Township | – | C | C− | 26 min | $70,909 |
| Girard Township | under 2% | C | D− | 22 min | $77,917 |
| Clarendon Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 29 min | $77,232 |
| Litchfield Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $59,022 |
| Quincy Township | 3% | B− | D | 22 min | $70,240 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Butler 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 Butler Township: questions
What is the median household income in Butler Township?
$70,909 (±$21,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butler Township?
9.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butler Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butler Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (31%, 8 mi), Coldwater Township (5%, 9 mi), Litchfield (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Butler Township walkable?
Butler Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Butler Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Butler Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butler 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.