Kolping Park and Chapel · Photo: Andrew Jameson · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Chesterfield Township earn more than those in 69% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Chesterfield Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). Poverty touches 7.2% of residents; Michigan has 13.2%. Only 8% work in Chesterfield Township; the top destination outside it is Clinton Township (9%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Chesterfield Township at work: what stands out
Why Chesterfield Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 84% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Chesterfield Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Factories, building and farms: 38% of the jobs in Chesterfield Township
13,243 jobs are based in Chesterfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chesterfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 10,172 → 13,243. 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 Chesterfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Chesterfield Township by day and by night
On a workday 18,430 residents head out to work, 1,560 work right here, and 11,683 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41,000 people are in Chesterfield Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
Where people from Chesterfield Township work
Where Chesterfield Township clocks in
7% 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.
About 27 minutes to work from Chesterfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chesterfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20,327 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Chesterfield Township
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.
Few in Chesterfield Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 23,749 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.0% of Chesterfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Chesterfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Chesterfield Township is 290th of 941 U.S. towns of 33,000 to 64,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
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| 65 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Independence Township MI | 37,725 | $115K | 4.3% | 2.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Meridian Township MI | 44,869 | $87K | 13.1% | 3.6% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 288 | Watertown MA | 35,710 | $126K | 7.5% | 5.3% | 8% | A− |
| 289 | Piscataway Township NJ | 62,253 | $128K | 4.0% | 8.0% | 9% | A− |
| 290 | Chesterfield Township MI | 47,770 | $92K | 7.2% | 3.2% | 8% | A− |
| 291 | Streamwood IL | 38,277 | $101K | 10.2% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 292 | Royal Palm Beach FL | 42,477 | $96K | 5.9% | 3.5% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 941 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Chesterfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Chesterfield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chesterfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield Township | – | A− | C+ | 27 min | $91,508 |
| New Baltimore | under 3% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $106,033 |
| Macomb Township | under 3% | A | B− | 29 min | $120,652 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | B | C | 28 min | $80,366 |
| Lenox Township | under 3% | B | B− | 32 min | $72,484 |
| Ira Township | under 3% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $70,469 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Chesterfield Township?
$91,508 (±$2,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chesterfield Township?
7.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chesterfield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chesterfield Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (9%, 8 mi), Warren (7%, 17 mi), Detroit (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Chesterfield Township walkable?
Chesterfield Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chesterfield Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chesterfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chesterfield 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.