Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Cambridge Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Cambridge Township has 639 jobs, against 2,103 working residents. Jobs and income earn Cambridge Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 8% stay in Cambridge Township for work; outside it, Adrian is the main destination (10%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Cambridge Township
Cambridge Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Cambridge Township is a place people come home to
There are 639 jobs based in Cambridge Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cambridge Township has about 4,300 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Cambridge Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cambridge Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #337 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Cambridge Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Cambridge Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 32 minutes each way for Cambridge Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cambridge Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,177 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who works in Cambridge Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,943 residents head out to work, 160 work right here, and 479 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Cambridge Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Cambridge Township work
Where Cambridge Township clocks in
8% 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.
Cambridge Township makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cambridge Township, 2011 → 2021: 679 → 639. 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 Cambridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Cambridge Township to work
About 18% 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.
In Cambridge Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cambridge Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #524 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Cambridge 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 2,540 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). 2.1% of Cambridge Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cambridge Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cambridge Township is 1,661st of 3,527 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,659 | Laie HI | 5,699 | $125K | 12.2% | 6.1% | 21% | B |
| 1,660 | Sugar Loaf Township IL | 6,601 | $73K | 6.2% | 8.1% | 8% | B |
| 1,661 | Cambridge Township MI | 5,763 | $77K | 4.8% | 3.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,662 | Carlisle OH | 5,885 | $71K | 10.1% | 4.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,663 | Chouteau Township IL | 7,428 | $60K | 14.0% | 2.8% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | 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 Cambridge Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Cambridge Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cambridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Township | – | B | C− | 32 min | $77,218 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 38 min | $90,221 |
| Woodstock Township | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $69,038 |
| Rome Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 34 min | $83,929 |
| Norvell Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 32 min | $99,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cambridge 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 Cambridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cambridge Township?
$77,218 (±$11,065) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cambridge Township?
4.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cambridge Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cambridge Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (10%, 11 mi), Jackson (8%, 19 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Cambridge Township walkable?
Cambridge Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cambridge Township without a car?
0% 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 Cambridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cambridge 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.