Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Green Oak Township’s household incomes are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns
3.2% of residents are in poverty (Michigan 13.2%). For jobs and income Green Oak Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). Home is the office for 23% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Green Oak Township at work: what stands out
Green Oak Township trades workers with the towns around it
Green Oak Township has about as many jobs (7,320) as working residents (8,284), but they are mostly different people: 7,858 residents leave for work each day while 6,894 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Green Oak Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Green Oak Township draws workers from far and wide
The 7,320 jobs in Green Oak Township are filled from a wide area. Green Oak Township’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 73% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Green Oak 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 ↓
A lot of Green Oak Township works from home
23% of Green Oak Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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.
Inside Green Oak Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment 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, Green Oak Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Green Oak Township
On a workday 7,858 residents head out to work, 426 work right here, and 6,894 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
11% of working residents work in Ann Arbor
Where Green Oak Township clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Oak Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,483 commuters (the 23% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Green Oak Township
7,320 jobs are based in Green Oak Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Oak Township, 2011 → 2021: 6,018 → 7,320. 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 Green Oak Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Green Oak Township, by distance
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.
In Green Oak Township, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of 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 9,671 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). 1.9% of Green Oak Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Green Oak Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Green Oak Township places 283rd of 1,860 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 13 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 281 | Mukilteo WA | 21,239 | $133K | 5.7% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 282 | Lemont Township IL | 23,223 | $121K | 3.9% | 4.5% | 11% | A |
| 283 | Green Oak Township MI | 19,901 | $119K | 3.2% | 3.8% | 5% | A |
| 284 | Plymouth Township PA | 18,555 | $119K | 3.7% | 4.5% | 9% | A |
| 285 | Dumont NJ | 18,501 | $126K | 6.6% | 3.7% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Green Oak Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Green Oak Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Brighton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Oak Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Oak Township | – | A | C− | 32 min | $119,335 |
| Hamburg Township | under 3% | A | C− | 32 min | $113,980 |
| Brighton Township | 3% | A | C+ | 27 min | $132,610 |
| Brighton | 3% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $80,682 |
| Lyon Township | 3% | A | C+ | 30 min | $146,354 |
| South Lyon | under 3% | A | B | 32 min | $92,467 |
| Northfield Township | under 3% | A | C | 29 min | $94,259 |
| Whitmore Lake | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whitmore Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Green Oak 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 Green Oak Township: questions
What is the median household income in Green Oak Township?
$119,335 (±$8,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Oak Township?
3.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Oak Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Oak Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (11%, 13 mi), Farmington Hills (5%, 18 mi), Novi (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Green Oak Township walkable?
Green Oak Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Green Oak Township without a car?
<1% 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 Green Oak Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Oak 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.