Most of Crystal Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Employers in Crystal Township report 126 jobs, and 938 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Crystal Township are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Crystal Township, in brief
Crystal Township is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Crystal Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crystal Township has about 1,900 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Crystal Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Few Crystal Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 938 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Crystal Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Crystal Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns, #630 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Crystal Township’s grade up (10.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
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, Crystal Township could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Who works in Crystal Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 916 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Crystal Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
About 42 minutes each way for Crystal Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crystal Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,055 commuters (the 3% 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.
7% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Crystal Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Crystal Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crystal Township, 2011 → 2021: 149 → 126. 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 Crystal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Crystal Township commutes
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Crystal Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crystal Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #631 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,086 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). 5.7% of Crystal Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crystal Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Crystal Township is 4,057th among 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,055 | Bentleyville PA | 2,326 | $51K | 25.5% | 7.4% | 9% | C− |
| 4,056 | Stratford TX | 1,978 | $49K | 8.1% | 2.1% | 22% | C− |
| 4,057 | Crystal Township MI | 2,726 | $56K | 10.7% | 5.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,058 | Mary Ann Township OH | 2,274 | $55K | 16.8% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,059 | Turley OK | 2,968 | $42K | 21.9% | 10.2% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Crystal Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Crystal Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crystal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Township | – | C− | D | 42 min | $56,087 |
| Evergreen Township | 2% | C | D | 35 min | $59,144 |
| Bloomer Township | 3% | B− | C | 24 min | $86,313 |
| New Haven Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 23 min | $70,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bloomer Township. Darker towns draw more of Crystal 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 Crystal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Crystal Township?
$56,087 (±$15,330) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crystal Township?
10.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crystal Township?
42 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crystal Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (7%, 19 mi), Stanton (6%, 10 mi), Ionia (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Crystal Township walkable?
Crystal Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crystal Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crystal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crystal 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.