Photo: Dan Roman · CC BY-SA 4.0Flushing Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
632 jobs are based in Flushing Township, and 4,441 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Flushing Township are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 3% work in Flushing Township; the top destination outside it is Flint (14%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Flushing Township: the figures worth knowing
Flushing Township is a place people come home to
There are 632 jobs based in Flushing Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Flushing Township has about 6,800 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Flushing Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Flushing Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flushing Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #425 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Flushing Township’s grade up ($85,292, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
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, poverty and unemployment, Flushing Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Flushing Township
On a workday 4,307 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 498 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Flushing Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Getting to work from Flushing Township takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flushing Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,918 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where the trip to work from Flushing Township ends
Where Flushing Township clocks in
4% 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.
Jobs in Flushing Township: what the 632 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flushing Township, 2011 → 2021: 580 → 632. 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 Flushing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Flushing Township commutes less than 18 miles
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.
Most trips from Flushing Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flushing Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #665 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Flushing 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 4,341 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Flushing Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flushing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flushing Township places 1,806th of 2,878 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,804 | Milton FL | 11,440 | $76K | 8.1% | 5.4% | 13% | B− |
| 1,805 | Ponchatoula LA | 7,755 | $51K | 14.3% | 2.3% | 6% | B− |
| 1,806 | Flushing Township MI | 10,574 | $85K | 9.1% | 7.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,807 | Shawangunk NY | 13,609 | $110K | 35.9% | 4.0% | 11% | B− |
| 1,808 | Rensselaer NY | 9,421 | $70K | 17.9% | 4.6% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Flushing Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Flushing Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Flushing (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Flushing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flushing Township | – | B− | D− | 29 min | $85,292 |
| Flushing | 4% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $80,025 |
| Montrose Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $76,338 |
| Hazelton Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 34 min | $81,346 |
| Mount Morris Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 25 min | $46,535 |
| Clayton Township | under 3% | B | D | 31 min | $77,554 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Flushing 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 Flushing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Flushing Township?
$85,292 (±$9,861) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flushing Township?
9.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flushing Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flushing Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (14%, 10 mi), Flint Township (9%, 8 mi), Flushing (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Flushing Township walkable?
Flushing Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flushing Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flushing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flushing 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.