More people are out of work in Carrollton Township (8.4%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 26% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Carrollton Township grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Carrollton Township is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Carrollton Township
Fewer jobs are based in Carrollton Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Carrollton Township fell from 2,185 in 2011 to 1,008 in 2021, −54%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A lot of Carrollton Township works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Carrollton Township: Saginaw (19%) and Saginaw Township (17%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Carrollton Township
27% of Carrollton Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Carrollton Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Carrollton Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Carrollton Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Carrollton Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Carrollton Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns, #640 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Carrollton Township’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (34.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
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, Carrollton Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
1,008 jobs are based in Carrollton Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carrollton Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,185 → 1,008. 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 Carrollton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 17 minutes each way for Carrollton Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carrollton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,759 commuters (the 27% 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 commutes out of Carrollton Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,949 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 919 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Carrollton Township on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.49 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.
19% of working residents work in Saginaw
Where Carrollton Township clocks in
19% of workers
17% 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.
Carrollton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 Carrollton Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carrollton Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #457 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,394 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). 5.2% of Carrollton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carrollton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Carrollton Township ranks: 3,084th of 3,502 U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,082 | Bonne Terre MO | 6,636 | $46K | 28.3% | 4.5% | 13% | D |
| 3,083 | North Braddock PA | 4,107 | $35K | 28.8% | 16.3% | 2% | D |
| 3,084 | Carrollton Township MI | 5,585 | $50K | 34.5% | 8.4% | 4% | D |
| 3,085 | Zapata TX | 4,897 | $45K | 32.5% | 2.1% | 14% | D |
| 3,086 | Marseilles IL | 4,809 | $58K | 21.5% | 7.5% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | 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 Carrollton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
36% of Carrollton Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Saginaw (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carrollton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Township | – | D | C− | 17 min | $50,399 |
| Saginaw | 19% | D | B+ | 19 min | $38,579 |
| Saginaw Township | 17% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Zilwaukee | under 2% | C+ | C− | 23 min | $57,756 |
Same-state neighbors only. Saginaw Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carrollton 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 Carrollton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Carrollton Township?
$50,399 (±$9,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carrollton Township?
34.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carrollton Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carrollton Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (19%, 3 mi), Saginaw Township (17%, 4 mi), Midland (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Carrollton Township walkable?
Carrollton Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carrollton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carrollton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carrollton 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.