Fabius Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 319 jobs in Fabius Township, and 1,380 of its residents work somewhere. Fabius Township grades B for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% work in Fabius Township itself; outside it, Three Rivers draws the most (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fabius Township in brief
What’s behind Fabius Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fabius Township is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #344 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Fabius Township’s grade up ($95,875, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
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, Fabius Township could be anywhere from C to A.
In and out of Fabius Township on a workday
On a workday 1,356 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 295 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Fabius Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Fabius Township goes to work
Where Fabius Township clocks in
20% 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.
What Fabius Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fabius Township, 2011 → 2021: 232 → 319. 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 Fabius Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Fabius Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fabius Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,211 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.
Fabius Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most of Fabius Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fabius Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #677 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Fabius Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,405 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). 1.5% of Fabius Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fabius Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fabius Township places 1,959th of 4,593 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,957 | Northfield OH | 3,617 | $71K | 12.4% | 4.5% | 6% | B |
| 1,958 | Climax Township MI | 2,381 | $76K | 8.5% | 11.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,959 | Fabius Township MI | 3,325 | $96K | 8.8% | 5.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,960 | Durham NY | 2,603 | $81K | 4.1% | 3.5% | 13% | B |
| 1,961 | Ross OH | 2,601 | $65K | 11.2% | 3.5% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | 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 Fabius Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 23% of Fabius Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fabius Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabius Township | – | B | D− | 24 min | $95,875 |
| Three Rivers | 20% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $49,503 |
| Lockport Township | under 2% | C | D | 24 min | $73,929 |
| Flowerfield Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $81,625 |
| Newberg Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 27 min | $72,167 |
| Constantine Township | 3% | C+ | D | 22 min | $73,926 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Three Rivers. Darker towns draw more of Fabius 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 Fabius Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fabius Township?
$95,875 (±$17,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fabius Township?
8.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fabius Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fabius Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Three Rivers (20%, 4 mi), Portage (5%, 19 mi), Elkhart (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fabius Township walkable?
Fabius Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fabius Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fabius Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fabius 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.