Clarendon Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
223 jobs are based in Clarendon Township, against 451 working residents. Clarendon Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 4% stay in Clarendon Township for work; outside it, Marshall is the main destination (12%, 12 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 Clarendon Township
The figures behind Clarendon Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Clarendon Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clarendon Township’s grade up (8.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Clarendon 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, Clarendon Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Commuting from Clarendon Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarendon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 8% 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 leaves Clarendon Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Clarendon Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 the trip to work from Clarendon Township ends
Where Clarendon Township clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
88% of the jobs in Clarendon Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarendon Township, 2011 → 2021: 29 → 223. 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 Clarendon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Clarendon Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 20% 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.
Clarendon Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 534 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). 1.0% of Clarendon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarendon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Clarendon Township is 1,702nd of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,700 | Southmont NC | 1,525 | $91K | 15.4% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,701 | Crainville IL | 1,507 | $65K | 10.2% | 2.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,702 | Clarendon Township MI | 1,182 | $77K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,703 | Meredith NY | 1,498 | $86K | 7.4% | 1.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,704 | Northmoreland Township PA | 1,422 | $82K | 14.0% | 4.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Clarendon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Clarendon Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Homer Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarendon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon Township | – | C+ | D | 29 min | $77,232 |
| Homer Township | 8% | D | B− | 25 min | $54,519 |
| Butler Township | under 3% | C | C− | 26 min | $70,909 |
| Tekonsha Township | under 3% | C | B− | 18 min | $69,375 |
| Eckford Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $82,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarendon 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 Clarendon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Clarendon Township?
$77,232 (±$16,811) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarendon Township?
8.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarendon Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarendon Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (12%, 12 mi), Battle Creek (8%, 22 mi), Homer Township (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Clarendon Township walkable?
Clarendon Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarendon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarendon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarendon 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.