With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Day Township works elsewhere
Employers in Day Township report 76 jobs; 427 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Day Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−). 6% of workers have no commute at all, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Day Township in brief
Why Day Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Day Township’s grade up ($60,278, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Day 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, Day Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
The daily commute in and out of Day Township
On a workday 421 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 830 people are in Day 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.
10% of working residents work in Home Township
Where Day Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 79% of jobs based in Day Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Day Township, 2011 → 2021: 109 → 76. 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 Day Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Day Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Day Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Day Township
About 21% 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 Day Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 423 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). 4.5% of Day Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Day Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Day Township is 3,598th among 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,596 | Clymer PA | 1,304 | $44K | 18.3% | 12.1% | 2% | D |
| 3,597 | Oliver Township MI | 1,372 | $56K | 15.6% | 5.7% | 5% | D |
| 3,598 | Day Township MI | 1,182 | $60K | 15.7% | 5.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,599 | Rathbone NY | 1,121 | $63K | 22.8% | 5.1% | 2% | D |
| 3,600 | Marshall Township OH | 1,036 | $67K | 24.0% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Day Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 15% of Day Township
The biggest share goes to Home Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Day Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day Township | – | D | C− | 26 min | $60,278 |
| Ferris Township | under 3% | D | D | 37 min | $58,929 |
| Douglass Township | under 3% | D | D | 27 min | $66,806 |
| Stanton | 5% | D− | B | 28 min | $48,750 |
| Home Township | 10% | D | B+ | 21 min | $56,037 |
| Evergreen Township | under 3% | C | D | 35 min | $59,144 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Day 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 Day Township: questions
What is the median household income in Day Township?
$60,278 (±$5,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Day Township?
15.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Day Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Day Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Home Township (10%, 7 mi), Stanton (5%, 5 mi), Greenville (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Day Township walkable?
Day Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Day Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Day Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Day 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.