Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia · Public domainGoodland Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
For jobs and income Goodland Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Goodland Township has 69 jobs; 724 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, Goodland Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Goodland Township apart
Goodland Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 46 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 353 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Goodland Township is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Goodland Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Goodland Township has about 1,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 724 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Goodland Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Goodland Township’s grade up ($108,063, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.8%) is left out: Goodland 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, Goodland Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A commute of about 46 minutes in Goodland Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goodland Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 787 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who commutes out of Goodland Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 709 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Goodland 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.
8% of working residents work in Imlay City
Where Goodland Township clocks in
8% of workers
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.
Making and building: 65% of jobs based in Goodland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goodland Township, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 69. 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 Goodland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Goodland Township commutes less than 30 miles
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.
Getting around Goodland Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 827 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). 2.5% of Goodland Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goodland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Goodland Township is 1,689th among 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,687 | Jackson Township IN | 1,780 | $95K | 14.1% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,688 | Sturgis Township MI | 2,022 | $70K | 4.9% | 4.3% | 7% | B |
| 1,689 | Goodland Township MI | 1,739 | $108K | 8.4% | 6.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,690 | Heritage Pines FL | 1,477 | $71K | 5.4% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,691 | Atlanta IL | 1,626 | $81K | 8.1% | 3.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Goodland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Goodland Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Burnside Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Goodland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodland Township | – | B | D | 46 min | $108,063 |
| Imlay Township | under 3% | B− | D | 36 min | $82,988 |
| Lynn Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 41 min | $72,500 |
| Arcadia Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 45 min | $79,985 |
| Burnside Township | 3% | C+ | D | 33 min | $75,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Goodland 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 Goodland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Goodland Township?
$108,063 (±$15,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goodland Township?
8.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goodland Township?
46 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goodland Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Imlay City (8%, 6 mi), Brown City (4%, 8 mi), Lapeer (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Goodland Township walkable?
Goodland Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goodland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goodland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goodland 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.