Almost no one in Dallas Township’s labor force is looking for work
Dallas Township grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 8% work in Dallas Township itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (18%, 22 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average; the Michigan average is 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dallas Township stands out on work
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Dallas Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 15% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Dallas Township pay little
26% of the jobs based in Dallas Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 31% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
What’s behind Dallas Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dallas Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Dallas Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
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, Dallas Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Inside Dallas Township’s 438 jobs
438 jobs are based in Dallas Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dallas Township, 2011 → 2021: 352 → 438. 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 Dallas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Dallas Township on a workday
On a workday 968 residents head out to work, 83 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Dallas Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.42 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 Dallas Township work
Where Dallas Township clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Dallas Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dallas Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 919 commuters (the 16% 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 Dallas Township
About 18% 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.
In Dallas Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dallas Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,090 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). 4.1% of Dallas Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dallas Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dallas Township is 565th of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 563 | Holland WI | 2,229 | $92K | 4.8% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 564 | Inverness CO | 2,934 | $109K | 4.5% | 5.4% | 5% | A− |
| 565 | Dallas Township MI | 2,420 | $84K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 8% | A− |
| 566 | Nottingham Township PA | 3,065 | $124K | 2.0% | 5.1% | 2% | A− |
| 567 | Utica Township IL | 1,945 | $113K | 3.8% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Dallas Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Dallas Township
The biggest share goes to Bengal Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dallas Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Township | – | A− | B− | 26 min | $84,200 |
| Lyons Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 28 min | $75,294 |
| Bengal Township | 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $91,250 |
| Lebanon Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Pewamo | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Westphalia Township | 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $92,065 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lebanon Township and Pewamo: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dallas 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 Dallas Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dallas Township?
$84,200 (±$31,209) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dallas Township?
3.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dallas Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dallas Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (18%, 22 mi), St. Johns (9%, 11 mi), Delta Township (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Dallas Township walkable?
Dallas Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dallas Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dallas Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dallas 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.