Druden Community Country Club-General Squier Historic Park Complex · Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainDryden Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Dryden Township has 349 jobs, and 2,060 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Dryden Township B+; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Dryden Township is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dryden Township apart on work
Dryden Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Dryden Township is a place people come home to
There are 349 jobs based in Dryden Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dryden Township has about 3,100 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Dryden Township
61% of Dryden Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 40% of the jobs based in Dryden Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. 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.
The figures behind Dryden Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dryden Township is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #199 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Dryden Township’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
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, poverty and unemployment, Dryden Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The trip to work from Dryden Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dryden Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,956 commuters (the 14% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Dryden Township
On a workday 1,959 residents head out to work, 101 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Dryden Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Goods, not services: 34% of the jobs in Dryden Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dryden Township, 2011 → 2021: 273 → 349. 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 Dryden Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
7% of working residents work in Auburn Hills
Where Dryden Township clocks in
7% of workers
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.
Half of Dryden Township commutes less than 23 miles
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 Dryden Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dryden Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #425 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,281 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). 0.8% of Dryden Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dryden Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dryden Township places 1,025th of 3,753 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 122 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,023 | York Township IN | 4,400 | $79K | 6.3% | 2.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,024 | Waimanalo Beach HI | 4,505 | $127K | 6.8% | 4.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,025 | Dryden Township MI | 4,809 | $104K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,026 | Trenton NY | 4,215 | $89K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,027 | Ruscombmanor Township PA | 4,077 | $103K | 4.9% | 5.8% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Dryden Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Dryden Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Almont Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dryden Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden Township | – | B+ | C | 36 min | $103,860 |
| Metamora Township | under 4% | A− | C | 32 min | $108,565 |
| Addison Township | under 4% | A− | C− | 32 min | $110,574 |
| Almont Township | 4% | B | C | 36 min | $91,519 |
| Attica Township | under 4% | C+ | C | 41 min | $75,223 |
| Oxford Township | under 4% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $114,076 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dryden 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 Dryden Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dryden Township?
$103,860 (±$13,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dryden Township?
3.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dryden Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dryden Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn Hills (7%, 18 mi), Warren (5%, 32 mi), Rochester Hills (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Dryden Township walkable?
Dryden Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dryden Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dryden Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dryden 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.