Hadley Flour and Feed Mill · Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainWith 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hadley Township works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Hadley Township is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. There are 192 jobs in Hadley Township; 1,909 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Hadley Township is better than 79% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Hadley Township: the gist
Hadley Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (30 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Hadley Township is a place people come home to
There are 192 jobs based in Hadley Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hadley Township has about 2,800 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hadley Township
The poverty rate holds Hadley Township’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, Hadley Township could be anywhere from B to A.
About 40 minutes each way for Hadley Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hadley Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,831 commuters (the 12% 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.
Hadley Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,870 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Hadley 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.
7% of working residents work in Auburn Hills
Where Hadley Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
What Hadley Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hadley Township, 2011 → 2021: 109 → 192. 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 Hadley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Hadley Township
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 Hadley Township start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% 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 2,078 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). 1.0% of Hadley Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Hadley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
837th of 3,862: where Hadley Township ranks among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 50 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 114 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 118 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 835 | Farmers Loop AK | 4,954 | $110K | 1.8% | 2.8% | — | A− |
| 836 | St. Augustine South FL | 4,714 | $76K | 1.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 837 | Hadley Township MI | 4,555 | $111K | 4.3% | 3.6% | 2% | A− |
| 838 | Pine Township PA | 4,730 | $94K | 7.7% | 0.8% | 15% | A− |
| 839 | Seymour WI | 3,628 | $81K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Hadley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Hadley Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hadley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Township | – | A− | D | 40 min | $110,938 |
| Elba Township | under 3% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $82,994 |
| Metamora Township | under 3% | A− | C | 32 min | $108,565 |
| Atlas Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 30 min | $107,008 |
| Brandon Township | under 3% | A− | C | 33 min | $93,523 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hadley 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 Hadley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hadley Township?
$110,938 (±$10,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hadley Township?
4.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hadley Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hadley Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn Hills (7%, 19 mi), Lapeer (5%, 9 mi), Troy (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hadley Township walkable?
Hadley 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 Hadley Township without a car?
<1% 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 Hadley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hadley 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.