Work and commuting in Ellington Township
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26. Ellington Township grades B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 3% work in Ellington Township; the top destination outside it is Caro (17%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ellington Township stands out on work
The jobs in Ellington Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
81% of the jobs based in Ellington Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Ellington Township residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Ellington Township. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Ellington Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 20% of Ellington Township’s own working residents. 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; with 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Ellington Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ellington Township is better than 45% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ellington Township’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Ellington 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, Ellington Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
451 jobs are based in Ellington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellington Township, 2011 → 2021: 42 → 451. 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 Ellington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Ellington Township by day
On a workday 470 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 436 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Ellington Township: the destinations
Where Ellington Township clocks in
17% 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.
The trip to work from Ellington Township: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellington Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 450 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ellington Township
About 25% 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.
In Ellington Township, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 488 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). 1.4% of Ellington Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ellington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ellington Township ranks: 2,142nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 2,140 | Watertown Township MI | 1,241 | $73K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,141 | Green Springs OH | 1,316 | $70K | 8.7% | 2.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,142 | Ellington Township MI | 1,318 | $82K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 3% | B− |
| 2,143 | Columbus Township PA | 1,540 | $73K | 5.5% | 1.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,144 | Richland WI | 1,161 | $94K | 9.9% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
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| 5,400 | 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 Ellington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Ellington Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Almer Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellington Township | – | B− | D− | 26 min | $82,250 |
| Almer Township | 6% | C− | C | 26 min | $62,188 |
| Wells Township | under 2% | C | D− | 27 min | $71,806 |
| Novesta Township | under 2% | D | C− | 25 min | $53,750 |
| Elmwood Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 26 min | $66,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellington 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 Ellington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ellington Township?
$82,250 (±$13,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellington Township?
6.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellington Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellington Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Caro (17%, 7 mi), Elkland Township (7%, 8 mi), Almer Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ellington Township walkable?
Ellington Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellington 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 Ellington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellington 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.