With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Freeman Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Freeman Township is behind 83% of U.S. towns. There are 22 jobs in Freeman Township for 307 working residents. For jobs and income Freeman Township is better than 14% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Freeman Township, in brief
Freeman Township is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Freeman Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Freeman Township has about 850 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
40% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Freeman Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 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; with 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Freeman Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Freeman Township’s grade up (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Freeman 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, Freeman Township could be anywhere from D to C.
In and out of Freeman Township on a workday
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Freeman Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Freeman Township
About 40% 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 trip to work from Freeman Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freeman Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 16% 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 Clare
Where Freeman Township clocks in
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freeman Township, 2011 → 2021: 29 → 22. 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 Freeman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Freeman Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 449 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). 3.2% of Freeman Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Freeman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Freeman Township is 2,884th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,882 | Mill Creek Township KS | 1,008 | $62K | 12.9% | 2.5% | 9% | D |
| 2,883 | West Plains Township KS | 1,113 | $72K | 17.9% | 2.7% | 14% | D |
| 2,884 | Freeman Township MI | 1,138 | $54K | 9.9% | 5.0% | 1% | D |
| 2,885 | Sheridan Township MI | 1,048 | $62K | 12.3% | 6.6% | 0% | D |
| 2,886 | Rochester VT | 1,073 | $73K | 18.5% | 3.3% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Freeman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Freeman Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Freeman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman Township | – | D | C− | 36 min | $54,063 |
| Garfield Township | under 2% | D | D | 30 min | $68,556 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | D | B− | 36 min | $48,953 |
| Redding Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Sylvan Township | under 2% | D− | B− | 25 min | $43,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Redding Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Freeman 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 Freeman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Freeman Township?
$54,063 (±$7,060) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freeman Township?
9.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freeman Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freeman Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clare (8%, 16 mi), Midland (7%, 46 mi), Surrey Township (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Freeman Township walkable?
Freeman Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Freeman Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freeman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freeman 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.