Greenwood Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
140 jobs are based in Greenwood Township, against 635 working residents. For jobs and income Greenwood Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% work in Greenwood Township itself; outside it, Port Huron draws the most (15%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Greenwood Township, in a few figures
Greenwood Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Greenwood Township is a place people come home to
There are 140 jobs based in Greenwood Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenwood Township has about 980 people in it, 34% 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 635 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Greenwood Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Greenwood Township’s grade up ($82,656, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Greenwood 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greenwood Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
A commute of about 43 minutes in Greenwood Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenwood Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 619 commuters (the 9% 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.
Greenwood Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 621 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Greenwood 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.
Out of Greenwood Township to work: where people go
Where Greenwood 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.
In Greenwood Township, 63% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenwood Township, 2011 → 2021: 139 → 140. 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 Greenwood Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Greenwood Township goes to work
About 28% 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.
In Greenwood Township, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 677 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). 3.7% of Greenwood Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenwood Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greenwood Township is 3,958th among 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,956 | Wysox Township IL | 1,296 | $67K | 12.1% | 4.7% | 9% | C |
| 3,957 | Barry Township IL | 1,553 | $77K | 14.9% | 5.3% | 10% | C |
| 3,958 | Greenwood Township MI | 1,473 | $83K | 14.0% | 5.5% | 2% | C |
| 3,959 | Lisbon NH | 1,626 | $66K | 8.6% | 1.8% | 13% | C |
| 3,960 | Leicester VT | 1,023 | $70K | 11.8% | 3.8% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Greenwood Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Greenwood Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenwood Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Township | – | C | D | 43 min | $82,656 |
| Brockway Township | under 3% | C | C− | 41 min | $81,813 |
| Grant Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 33 min | $86,818 |
| Fremont Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Kenockee Township | under 3% | D | D− | 39 min | $61,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fremont Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenwood 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 Greenwood Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greenwood Township?
$82,656 (±$9,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenwood Township?
14.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenwood Township?
43 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenwood Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Huron (15%, 16 mi), Marysville (5%, 18 mi), Detroit (5%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Greenwood Township walkable?
Greenwood Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenwood Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenwood Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenwood 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.