With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Fayette Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Fayette Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C. 156 jobs are based in Fayette Township; 485 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Fayette Township itself; outside it, Hillsdale draws the most (23%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Fayette Township stands out on work
A lot of Fayette Township works one town over
26% of working residents work in a town that borders Fayette Township: Hillsdale (23%) and Hillsdale Township (3%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Fayette Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. 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; with 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Fayette Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Fayette Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Fayette Township’s grade.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Fayette 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, Fayette Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Fayette Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fayette Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 7% 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.
How a workday changes Fayette Township
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Fayette Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting out of Fayette Township: the destinations
Where Fayette Township clocks in
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.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Fayette Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fayette Township, 2011 → 2021: 244 → 156. 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 Fayette Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fayette Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
Getting around Fayette Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fayette Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 364 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 Fayette Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fayette Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Fayette Township ranks 1,571st of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
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| 1,569 | Burton OH | 1,424 | $69K | 13.8% | 1.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,570 | Jackson Township IN | 1,397 | $62K | 7.1% | 1.3% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,571 | Fayette Township MI | 1,107 | $76K | 11.4% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,572 | Alma WI | 1,040 | $76K | 7.2% | 5.2% | 12% | C+ |
| 1,573 | Keaau HI | 1,436 | $85K | 11.5% | 2.2% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Fayette Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
26% of Fayette Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fayette Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette Township | – | C+ | C | 19 min | $76,328 |
| Hillsdale | 23% | C− | A | 15 min | $51,038 |
| Scipio Township | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $67,609 |
| Hillsdale Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $88,965 |
| Allen Township | under 2% | D | C− | 25 min | $65,417 |
| Litchfield Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $59,022 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hillsdale. Darker towns draw more of Fayette 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 Fayette Township: questions
What is the median household income in Fayette Township?
$76,328 (±$16,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fayette Township?
11.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fayette Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fayette Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsdale (23%, 3 mi), Jonesville (13%, 1 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Fayette Township walkable?
Fayette Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fayette 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 Fayette Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fayette 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.