Photo: Kevin Dooley from Chander, AZ, USA · CC BY 2.0Galien Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns. 86 jobs are based in Galien Township, and 561 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Galien Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Galien Township: the figures worth knowing
Galien Township is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Galien Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Galien Township has about 910 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Galien Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 27 minutes). 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 561 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Galien Township
Job access by car holds Galien Township’s grade up (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Galien 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Galien Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Galien Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Galien Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Galien Township takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galien Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 488 commuters (the 6% 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.
9% of working residents work in South Bend
Where Galien Township clocks in
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 56% of Galien Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galien Township, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 86. 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 Galien Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Galien Township
About 25% 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 of Galien Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 521 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). 1.1% of Galien Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Galien Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Galien Township is 3,776th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 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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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,774 | Montezuma IA | 1,417 | $66K | 12.5% | 3.8% | 21% | C− |
| 3,775 | Cochranton PA | 1,090 | $59K | 11.4% | 1.1% | 3% | C− |
| 3,776 | Galien Township MI | 1,387 | $56K | 17.8% | 6.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,777 | Concord Township PA | 1,249 | $68K | 10.4% | 3.1% | 2% | C− |
| 3,778 | Fairforest SC | 1,727 | $52K | 28.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Galien Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Galien Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Galien Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galien Township | – | C− | D− | 31 min | $55,625 |
| Weesaw Township | under 3% | C | C | 22 min | $58,077 |
| Bertrand Township | under 3% | A− | D | 24 min | $100,735 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Galien 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 Galien Township: questions
What is the median household income in Galien Township?
$55,625 (±$17,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galien Township?
17.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galien Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galien Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Bend (9%, 15 mi), New Buffalo Township (5%, 11 mi), Grand Rapids (5%, 92 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Galien Township walkable?
Galien Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Galien Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Galien Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galien 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.