Dover Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 37% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D: more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 52% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 32 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Dover Township; the top destination outside it is Adrian (16%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Dover Township, in brief
Dover Township is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Dover Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dover Township has about 1,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dover Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 686 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Dover Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Dover Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dover Township’s grade up (8.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.6%) is left out: Dover 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, Dover Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Dover Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 672 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Dover Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dover Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 853 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
16% of working residents work in Adrian
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Dover Township clocks in
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Dover Township makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
96 jobs are based in Dover Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dover Township, 2011 → 2021: 114 → 96. 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.
Half of Dover Township commutes less than 21 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Dover Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dover Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. 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 2.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 895 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). 2.6% of Dover Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dover Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dover Township is 2,769th of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dover Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 190 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 231 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,767 | North Beach MD | 2,179 | $84K | 5.1% | 17.1% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,768 | Hamilton MO | 1,726 | $65K | 6.0% | 2.8% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,769 | Dover Township MI | 1,645 | $74K | 8.3% | 6.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,770 | Wayne Township OH | 1,429 | $72K | 5.9% | 8.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,771 | East Hazel Crest IL | 1,250 | $55K | 24.3% | 13.4% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
11% of Dover Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Madison Township (5%). Darker towns draw more of Dover Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dover Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Township | – | C+ | D | 32 min | $73,889 |
| Madison Township | 5% | C | C | 25 min | $69,643 |
| Adrian Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $90,879 |
| Seneca Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 34 min | $63,365 |
| Hudson Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $54,471 |
| Rome Township | 3% | C+ | D | 34 min | $83,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Dover Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dover Township?
$73,889 (±$6,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dover Township?
8.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dover Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dover Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (16%, 7 mi), Madison Township (5%, 5 mi), Jackson (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Dover Township walkable?
Dover Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dover Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dover Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dover 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.