Ferris Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
96 jobs are based in Ferris Township, and 474 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Ferris Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ferris Township
Ferris Township is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Ferris Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ferris Township has about 1,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Ferris Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Ferris 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; with 474 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Ferris Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Ferris Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ferris Township’s grade up (13.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Ferris 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, Ferris Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
In and out of Ferris Township on a workday
On a workday 462 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Ferris Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Ferris Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferris Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 516 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.
8% of working residents work in Alma
Where Ferris 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.
Factories, building and farms: 55% of the jobs in Ferris Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferris Township, 2011 → 2021: 56 → 96. 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 Ferris Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Ferris Township works
About 21% 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.
The commute in Ferris Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 540 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). 4.0% of Ferris Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ferris Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Ferris Township ranks 4,660th of 5,877 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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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,658 | West Siloam Springs OK | 1,066 | $60K | 19.6% | 6.2% | 6% | D |
| 4,659 | East Conemaugh PA | 1,034 | $43K | 26.6% | 5.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,660 | Ferris Township MI | 1,390 | $59K | 13.2% | 5.2% | 3% | D |
| 4,661 | Austin Township MI | 1,805 | $64K | 17.2% | 2.1% | 1% | D |
| 4,662 | Mead Township PA | 1,248 | $54K | 13.1% | 1.4% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Ferris Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Ferris Township
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ferris Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris Township | – | D | D | 37 min | $58,929 |
| Day Township | under 3% | D | C− | 26 min | $60,278 |
| Sumner Township | under 3% | D | D− | 29 min | $57,245 |
| Richland Township | 6% | D− | D | 40 min | $50,862 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ferris 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 Ferris Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ferris Township?
$58,929 (±$15,537) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferris Township?
13.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferris Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ferris Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alma (8%, 13 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 19 mi), Richland Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Ferris Township walkable?
Ferris Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ferris Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ferris Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferris 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.