Photo: Corythephotographer · CC BY-SA 3.0Goodrich has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 289 jobs in Goodrich, and 805 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Goodrich is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+). Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Goodrich and work: the main findings
Goodrich’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Household income holds Goodrich’s grade up ($110,329, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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, Goodrich could be anywhere from B− to A+.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Goodrich workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 766 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.
Goodrich quiets down on a workday
On a workday 772 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Goodrich on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 Flint
Where Goodrich clocks in
6% 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.
What Goodrich’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Goodrich, 2011 → 2021: 250 → 289. 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 Goodrich’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Goodrich
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 Goodrich start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 948 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). 2.0% of Goodrich households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Goodrich’s commuters take a bus or train.
Goodrich next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 1,565th of 5,509 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,563 | Blue Hill Township MN | 2,625 | $108K | 6.7% | 3.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,564 | Albion IN | 2,261 | $71K | 8.6% | 2.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,565 | Goodrich MI | 2,003 | $110K | 7.0% | 7.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,566 | Carlton OR | 2,291 | $98K | 5.9% | 5.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,567 | Emsworth PA | 2,377 | $65K | 11.4% | 3.2% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Goodrich, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Goodrich: questions
What is the median household income in Goodrich?
$110,329 (±$10,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Goodrich?
7.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Goodrich?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Goodrich work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (8%, 12 mi), Atlas Township (6%, 1 mi), Flint Township (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Goodrich walkable?
Goodrich is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Goodrich without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Goodrich, from the people who make the trip.
More of Goodrich
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.