Deerfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers (Michigan 14%). Deerfield Township has 82 jobs, and 600 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Deerfield Township is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Deerfield Township and work: the main findings
Deerfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Deerfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deerfield Township has about 1,400 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Deerfield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Deerfield Township is Grand Rapids, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Deerfield Township
23% of Deerfield Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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 600 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Deerfield Township’s grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Deerfield Township’s grade.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Deerfield 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Deerfield Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Deerfield Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 593 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Deerfield Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Miles to work from Deerfield Township
About 28% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Deerfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 604 commuters (the 23% 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.
9% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Deerfield Township clocks in
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.
What Deerfield Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 82. 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 Deerfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Deerfield Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 783 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). 12.7% of Deerfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Deerfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500, Deerfield Township comes 4,363rd 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,361 | Catlettsburg KY | 1,722 | $38K | 20.1% | 9.8% | 7% | C− |
| 4,362 | Braham MN | 1,789 | $59K | 16.1% | 5.0% | 6% | C− |
| 4,363 | Deerfield Township MI | 1,882 | $58K | 14.1% | 3.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,364 | Brookfield NY | 2,235 | $69K | 16.6% | 7.1% | 6% | C− |
| 4,365 | Golden Shores AZ | 1,555 | $44K | 6.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Deerfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Deerfield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield Township | – | C− | C | 30 min | $57,898 |
| Aetna Township | under 2% | D | B− | 39 min | $62,813 |
| Hinton Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 38 min | $60,368 |
| Winfield Township | under 2% | B | C | 31 min | $74,189 |
| Austin Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 29 min | $64,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerfield 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 Deerfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield Township?
$57,898 (±$13,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield Township?
14.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (9%, 40 mi), Big Rapids (8%, 14 mi), Cato Township (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Deerfield Township walkable?
Deerfield Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield 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.