Bloss, Frank D., and Sons Farm House · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Gaines Township works elsewhere
213 jobs are based in Gaines Township, and 2,757 of its residents work somewhere. Gaines Township grades B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Gaines Township; the top destination outside it is Flint (9%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Gaines Township: the figures worth knowing
Gaines Township is a place people come home to
There are 213 jobs based in Gaines Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gaines Township has about 4,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gaines Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Gaines Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Gaines Township fell from 312 in 2011 to 213 in 2021, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Gaines Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gaines Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #288 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Gaines Township’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income 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, Gaines Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Gaines Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,706 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Gaines Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
From Gaines Township, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gaines Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,821 commuters (the 7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Gaines Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gaines Township, 2011 → 2021: 312 → 213. 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 Gaines Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Gaines Township commutes to
Where Gaines Township clocks in
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.
Miles to work from Gaines Township
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 Gaines Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gaines Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #651 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Gaines 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 3,038 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). 3.5% of Gaines Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gaines Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Gaines Township is 1,408th of 3,283 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 8,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,406 | South Lebanon OH | 6,965 | $105K | 6.4% | 12.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,407 | Woodland WA | 6,611 | $81K | 12.9% | 1.9% | 15% | B |
| 1,408 | Gaines Township MI | 6,610 | $84K | 4.7% | 5.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,409 | Allamuchy Township NJ | 5,484 | $132K | 6.2% | 10.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,410 | Royalton NY | 7,425 | $92K | 4.1% | 6.1% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,283 | 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 Gaines Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Gaines Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Mundy Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gaines Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaines Township | – | B | D | 32 min | $84,363 |
| Mundy Township | 3% | B | C− | 29 min | $79,021 |
| Swartz Creek | 3% | B+ | C | 28 min | $71,571 |
| Argentine Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 36 min | $98,508 |
| Vernon Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 31 min | $64,107 |
| Clayton Township | under 3% | B | D | 31 min | $77,554 |
| Gaines | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Venice Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 27 min | $66,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gaines: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gaines 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 Gaines Township: questions
What is the median household income in Gaines Township?
$84,363 (±$6,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gaines Township?
4.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gaines Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gaines Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (9%, 13 mi), Flint Township (7%, 9 mi), Grand Blanc Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Gaines Township walkable?
Gaines Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gaines Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gaines Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gaines 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.