Hill Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 68 jobs in Hill Township; 392 of its residents have a job. Hill Township grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Hill Township for work; outside it, West Branch is the main destination (11%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hill Township at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
46% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Hill Township is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Hill Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hill Township has about 950 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hill Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Hill Township
On income, poverty and job access, Hill Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hill Township’s grade up ($64,453, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Hill 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, Hill Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
How far Hill Township’s workers travel
About 46% 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.
How a workday changes Hill Township
On a workday 384 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The daily trip from Hill Township: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hill Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Hill Township goes to work
Where Hill Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Hill Township: what the 68 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hill Township, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 68. 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 Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Hill Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hill Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 406 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). 2.9% of Hill Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hill Township is 3,867th among 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 175 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,865 | North Branch MI | 1,111 | $57K | 15.3% | 7.5% | 2% | D |
| 3,866 | Novesta Township MI | 1,428 | $54K | 11.9% | 2.5% | 1% | D |
| 3,867 | Hill Township MI | 1,273 | $64K | 13.9% | 5.1% | 2% | D |
| 3,868 | Sunfish Township OH | 1,173 | $57K | 12.3% | 0.6% | 1% | D |
| 3,869 | West Marion NC | 1,066 | $37K | 15.1% | 0.0% | <1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Hill Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Hill Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cumming Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill Township | – | D | C− | 38 min | $64,453 |
| Cumming Township | 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Plainfield Township | 2% | C− | B− | 30 min | $52,035 |
| Logan Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Goodar Township | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cumming Township, Logan Township and Goodar Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hill 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 Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hill Township?
$64,453 (±$9,432) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hill Township?
13.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hill Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hill Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Branch (11%, 17 mi), West Branch Township (6%, 13 mi), Cumming Township (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hill Township walkable?
Hill Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hill Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hill 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.