Elba Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Elba Township has 623 jobs; 2,080 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Elba Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 2.9% of residents are in poverty, against 13.2% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Elba Township
Elba Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Elba Township is a place people come home to
There are 623 jobs based in Elba Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elba Township has about 3,800 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Elba Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Elba Township went from 452 in 2011 to 623 in 2021, +38%. The jobs ↓
Elba Township makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Elba Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Elba Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Elba Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Elba Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #246 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Elba Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Elba Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Elba Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elba Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,177 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Elba Township
On a workday 2,007 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,800 people are in Elba 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.
Elba Township works in goods: 35% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elba Township, 2011 → 2021: 452 → 623. 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 Elba Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
10% of working residents work in Lapeer
Where Elba Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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 Elba Township commutes less than 26 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.
The commute in Elba Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elba Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #513 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,431 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). 3.1% of Elba Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Elba Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100, Elba Township ranks 1,267th of 3,582 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 129 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,265 | Liberty Township OH | 3,963 | $67K | 5.8% | 1.2% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,266 | Aurora NE | 4,787 | $78K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 39% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Elba Township MI | 5,256 | $83K | 2.9% | 4.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Clay Township OH | 4,690 | $86K | 8.1% | 3.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Deschutes River Woods OR | 5,797 | $92K | 7.1% | 2.7% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Elba Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Elba Township and its neighbors: 10% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elba Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elba Township | – | B+ | C− | 33 min | $82,994 |
| Lapeer | 10% | C | A− | 25 min | $52,716 |
| Hadley Township | under 3% | A− | D | 40 min | $110,938 |
| Oregon Township | under 3% | C | D− | 28 min | $83,807 |
| Davison Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 25 min | $65,116 |
| Lapeer Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 37 min | $70,197 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lapeer. Darker towns draw more of Elba 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 Elba Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elba Township?
$82,994 (±$15,022) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elba Township?
2.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elba Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elba Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lapeer (10%, 4 mi), Flint (4%, 15 mi), Warren (4%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Elba Township walkable?
Elba Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elba Township without a car?
1% 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 Elba Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elba 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.