Churchill Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 7% stay in Churchill Township for work; outside it, West Branch is the main destination (11%, 8 miles). Churchill Township has 208 jobs for 559 working residents. Jobs and income earn Churchill Township C; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Churchill Township
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Churchill Township
On income, poverty and job access, Churchill Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Churchill Township’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Churchill Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 and poverty, Churchill Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The distance from Churchill Township to work
About 40% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Churchill Township
On a workday 522 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Churchill Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Out of Churchill Township to work: where people go
Where Churchill Township clocks in
2% 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.
Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in Churchill Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Churchill Township, 2011 → 2021: 100 → 208. 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 Churchill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Churchill Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Churchill Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 639 commuters (the 9% 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.
Churchill Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Churchill Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Churchill 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 701 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). 2.9% of Churchill Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Churchill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Churchill Township is 3,171st of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,169 | New Johnsonville TN | 1,849 | $79K | 10.9% | 3.6% | 14% | C |
| 3,170 | Pittsford Township MI | 1,536 | $71K | 9.1% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,171 | Churchill Township MI | 1,569 | $66K | 5.7% | 4.1% | 7% | C |
| 3,172 | Bushyhead OK | 1,289 | $59K | 9.6% | 8.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,173 | Killian LA | 1,260 | $68K | 13.2% | 3.4% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Churchill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
10% of Churchill Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to West Branch Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Churchill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill Township | – | C | C− | 28 min | $65,521 |
| Mills Township | under 2% | D− | C− | 35 min | $42,097 |
| Cumming Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Logan Township | 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| West Branch Township | 8% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cumming Township and Logan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. West Branch Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Churchill 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 Churchill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Churchill Township?
$65,521 (±$7,082) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Churchill Township?
5.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Churchill Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Churchill Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Branch (11%, 8 mi), West Branch Township (8%, 5 mi), Saginaw (2%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Churchill Township walkable?
Churchill Township is more walkable than 16% 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 Churchill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Churchill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Churchill 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.