Cambria Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Cambria Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Employers in Cambria Township report 124 jobs, against 1,045 working residents. Only 1% stay in Cambria Township for work; outside it, Hillsdale is the main destination (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cambria Township
Cambria Township is a place people come home to
There are 124 jobs based in Cambria Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cambria Township has about 1,600 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Cambria Township and Hillsdale trade workers both ways
Hillsdale is the top workplace for Cambria Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Cambria Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Cambria Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan 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.
Income, poverty and work: Cambria Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cambria Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #489 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Cambria Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
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, Cambria Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Cambria Township by day and by night
On a workday 1,032 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Cambria Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 people from Cambria Township work
Where Cambria Township clocks in
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.
Getting to work from Cambria Township takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cambria Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 885 commuters (the 11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 53% of the jobs in Cambria Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cambria Township, 2011 → 2021: 106 → 124. 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 Cambria Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Cambria Township’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
For most of Cambria Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cambria Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #499 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 999 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). 3.9% of Cambria Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cambria Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cambria Township is 2,699th among 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,697 | Guilford VT | 2,082 | $75K | 10.6% | 3.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,698 | Spring Valley MN | 2,431 | $66K | 9.3% | 3.9% | 20% | C+ |
| 2,699 | Cambria Township MI | 2,547 | $60K | 8.6% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,700 | Delaware NY | 2,211 | $96K | 14.5% | 3.6% | 24% | C+ |
| 2,701 | Hill 'n Dale FL | 3,083 | $58K | 10.1% | 2.5% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | 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 Cambria Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 27% of Cambria Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cambria Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria Township | – | C+ | C− | 18 min | $59,906 |
| Reading Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 29 min | $65,789 |
| Woodbridge Township | under 2% | D | D | 31 min | $66,786 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 26 min | $58,594 |
| Hillsdale Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $88,965 |
| Hillsdale | 25% | C− | A | 15 min | $51,038 |
| Ransom Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ransom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hillsdale. Darker towns draw more of Cambria 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 Cambria Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cambria Township?
$59,906 (±$12,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cambria Township?
8.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cambria Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cambria Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsdale (25%, 6 mi), Jonesville (8%, 9 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Cambria Township walkable?
Cambria Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cambria Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cambria Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cambria 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.