Most of Flowerfield Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Flowerfield Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Flowerfield Township has 63 jobs for 713 working residents. 4% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Flowerfield Township, in brief
Flowerfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Flowerfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flowerfield Township has about 960 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Flowerfield Township and Three Rivers trade workers both ways
Three Rivers is the top workplace for Flowerfield Township residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Flowerfield Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Flowerfield 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 713 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Flowerfield Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Flowerfield Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Flowerfield 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, Flowerfield Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Flowerfield Township
On a workday 709 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Flowerfield Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
15% of working residents work in Three Rivers
Where Flowerfield Township clocks in
15% 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.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Flowerfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flowerfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 620 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.
Flowerfield Township makes things: 44% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flowerfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 23 → 63. 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 Flowerfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Flowerfield Township’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
For most of Flowerfield Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flowerfield Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 644 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). 2.0% of Flowerfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flowerfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flowerfield Township places 1,292nd of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,290 | Fort Pierre SD | 2,166 | $70K | 5.6% | 0.6% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,291 | Garden Plain Township KS | 2,133 | $79K | 7.7% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,292 | Flowerfield Township MI | 1,607 | $82K | 5.8% | 1.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,293 | Thompson Township OH | 2,159 | $91K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,294 | Liberty Township PA | 1,468 | $79K | 4.3% | 2.1% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Flowerfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Flowerfield Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flowerfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowerfield Township | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $81,625 |
| Fabius Township | under 3% | B | D− | 24 min | $95,875 |
| Park Township | 4% | B | D− | 20 min | $78,750 |
| Prairie Ronde Township | under 3% | A | D− | 26 min | $126,000 |
| Marcellus Township | under 3% | C | B− | 28 min | $72,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Park Township. Darker towns draw more of Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flowerfield Township?
$81,625 (±$12,007) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flowerfield Township?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flowerfield Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flowerfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Three Rivers (15%, 6 mi), Portage (9%, 13 mi), Kalamazoo (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Flowerfield Township walkable?
Flowerfield Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flowerfield 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 Flowerfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flowerfield 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.