Atlas Grange Hall · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Davison Township works elsewhere
Employers in Davison Township report 3,063 jobs; 8,599 of its residents have a job. Davison Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 6% stay in Davison Township for work; outside it, Flint is the main destination (12%, 9 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 Davison Township
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Davison Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Davison Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #462 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Davison Township’s grade up (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($65,116, U.S. $80,734).
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, Davison Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The kinds of work in Davison Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Davison Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,339 → 3,063. 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 Davison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Davison Township
On a workday 8,112 residents head out to work, 487 work right here, and 2,576 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Davison Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The places Davison Township commutes to
Where Davison Township clocks in
Lines 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 25 minutes to work from Davison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Davison Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,720 commuters (the 10% 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.
How many miles Davison Township commutes
About 17% 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.
Getting around Davison Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Davison Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #393 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Davison 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 9,729 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). 3.2% of Davison Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Davison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 28,000, Davison Township ranks 1,377th of 1,931 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 14 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,375 | Hickory Point Township IL | 17,474 | $59K | 10.4% | 4.6% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,376 | Kailua HI | 21,818 | $88K | 14.3% | 4.0% | 17% | C+ |
| 1,377 | Davison Township MI | 20,403 | $65K | 11.7% | 5.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,378 | Landover MD | 24,514 | $72K | 19.5% | 6.7% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,379 | Hastings NE | 25,121 | $64K | 14.8% | 2.9% | 54% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Davison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Davison Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Burton (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Davison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davison Township | – | C+ | C | 25 min | $65,116 |
| Atlas Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 30 min | $107,008 |
| Burton | 5% | C | B | 27 min | $60,052 |
| Elba Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $82,994 |
| Richfield Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 31 min | $82,676 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Davison 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 Davison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Davison Township?
$65,116 (±$4,777) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Davison Township?
11.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Davison Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Davison Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (12%, 9 mi), Flint Township (5%, 13 mi), Burton (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Davison Township walkable?
Davison Township is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Davison Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Davison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Davison 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.