Evergreen Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 271 jobs in Evergreen Township, against 1,046 working residents. The two grades for Evergreen Township are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. 4% of workers work from home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Evergreen Township: the figures worth knowing
Evergreen Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Evergreen Township is a place people come home to
There are 271 jobs based in Evergreen Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Evergreen Township has about 2,300 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Evergreen Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Evergreen Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Evergreen Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #575 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Evergreen Township’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
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, Evergreen Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How long Evergreen Township spends getting to work: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Evergreen Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,254 commuters (the 4% 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.
Evergreen Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,017 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Evergreen Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
8% of working residents work in Greenville
Where Evergreen Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 51% of jobs based in Evergreen Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Evergreen Township, 2011 → 2021: 93 → 271. 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 Evergreen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Evergreen Township to work
About 19% 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 Evergreen Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Evergreen Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #595 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,306 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). 8.6% of Evergreen Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Evergreen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Evergreen Township is 3,490th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,488 | Knightstown IN | 2,165 | $50K | 22.0% | 4.3% | 10% | C |
| 3,489 | Chesterfield IN | 2,523 | $59K | 11.9% | 11.9% | 5% | C |
| 3,490 | Evergreen Township MI | 3,063 | $59K | 13.4% | 3.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,491 | Deer Creek Township MO | 2,464 | $72K | 9.1% | 9.5% | 11% | C |
| 3,492 | West Township OH | 3,100 | $75K | 13.4% | 10.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Evergreen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
10% of Evergreen Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Stanton (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Evergreen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Township | – | C | D | 35 min | $59,144 |
| Crystal Township | under 2% | C− | D | 42 min | $56,087 |
| Sidney Township | 3% | D | D | 26 min | $60,050 |
| Bushnell Township | under 2% | C− | D | 34 min | $65,500 |
| Stanton | 7% | D− | B | 28 min | $48,750 |
| Day Township | under 2% | D | C− | 26 min | $60,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Evergreen 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 Evergreen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Evergreen Township?
$59,144 (±$8,944) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Evergreen Township?
13.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Evergreen Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Evergreen Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (8%, 13 mi), Stanton (7%, 4 mi), Grand Rapids (6%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Evergreen Township walkable?
Evergreen Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Evergreen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Evergreen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Evergreen 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.