Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Freedom Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 129 jobs in Freedom Township for 555 working residents. Jobs and income earn Freedom Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Freedom Township is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Freedom Township, in brief
Jobs & income in Freedom Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Freedom Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($112,969, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Freedom 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, Freedom Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Freedom Township
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Freedom Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
17% of working residents work in Ann Arbor
Where Freedom Township clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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.
71% of the jobs in Freedom Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freedom Township, 2011 → 2021: 163 → 129. 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 Freedom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Freedom Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freedom Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 499 commuters (the 19% 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.
The commute from Freedom Township, by distance
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.
In Freedom Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Freedom Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 3.3% of Freedom Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Freedom Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Freedom Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 429th of 5,400 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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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 427 | Bennet NE | 1,104 | $106K | 5.1% | 1.3% | <1% | A− |
| 428 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| 429 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| 430 | Armada MI | 1,681 | $102K | 6.1% | 3.8% | 5% | A− |
| 431 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Freedom Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Freedom Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Sharon Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Freedom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Township | – | A− | C | 28 min | $112,969 |
| Lodi Township | under 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $137,727 |
| Sharon Township | 2% | A− | C− | 33 min | $105,865 |
| Lima Township | under 3% | A+ | C− | 23 min | $119,236 |
| Bridgewater Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 31 min | $103,226 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Freedom 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 Freedom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Freedom Township?
$112,969 (±$24,535) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freedom Township?
6.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freedom Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freedom Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (17%, 13 mi), Pittsfield Township (6%, 13 mi), Scio Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Freedom Township walkable?
Freedom Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Freedom Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freedom Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freedom 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.