Martin Road Bridge · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Caledonia Township has higher unemployment (8.3%) than 89% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; the Michigan average is 24, the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Caledonia Township C; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 8% work in Caledonia Township itself; outside it, Owosso draws the most (15%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Caledonia Township in brief
Stores, warehouses and trucking
58% of the jobs in Caledonia Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 19% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Caledonia Township and Owosso trade workers both ways
Owosso is the top workplace for Caledonia Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Caledonia Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Caledonia Township
55% of Caledonia Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Caledonia Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Caledonia Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 23% of Caledonia Township’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Caledonia Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Caledonia Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #566 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Caledonia Township’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
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, Caledonia Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
What the 2,384 jobs in Caledonia Township are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caledonia Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,231 → 2,384. 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 Caledonia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Caledonia Township work
Where Caledonia Township clocks in
15% of workers
7% 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.
In and out of Caledonia Township on a workday
On a workday 1,670 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 2,244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,900 people are in Caledonia Township on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting from Caledonia Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caledonia Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,711 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Caledonia Township
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.
Caledonia Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caledonia Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #270 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Caledonia Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,897 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). 5.5% of Caledonia Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caledonia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Caledonia Township ranks 3,027th of 4,039 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 127 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 3,025 | Surfside Beach SC | 4,392 | $70K | 16.8% | 8.6% | 11% | C |
| 3,026 | Nash TX | 4,269 | $51K | 13.8% | 5.5% | 5% | C |
| 3,027 | Caledonia Township MI | 4,323 | $70K | 12.8% | 8.3% | 8% | C |
| 3,028 | Windsor VT | 3,464 | $52K | 7.8% | 5.8% | 19% | C |
| 3,029 | San Castle FL | 3,052 | $57K | 19.0% | 8.6% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Caledonia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 19% of Caledonia Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caledonia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Township | – | C | B− | 25 min | $70,069 |
| Owosso | 15% | C− | B+ | 23 min | $54,229 |
| Venice Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $66,250 |
| Owosso Township | 4% | C+ | D | 25 min | $56,818 |
| New Haven Township | under 2% | B− | D | 32 min | $68,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Owosso. Darker towns draw more of Caledonia 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 Caledonia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Caledonia Township?
$70,069 (±$7,510) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caledonia Township?
12.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caledonia Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caledonia Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (15%, 4 mi), Corunna (7%, 1 mi), Owosso Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Caledonia Township walkable?
Caledonia Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caledonia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caledonia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caledonia 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.