Household incomes in Home Township are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 4% of workers (Michigan 14%). The poverty rate is 22.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan. Jobs and income earn Home Township D; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Home Township apart
The quickest commute around
Home Township’s 21-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 26 to 40 minutes. Next door ↓
Home Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Home Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Home Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Fewer than half of Home Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Home Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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 930 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Home Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Home Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns, #657 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Home Township’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
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, Home Township could be anywhere from D− to C+.
In Home Township, 41% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
661 jobs are based in Home Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Home Township, 2011 → 2021: 480 → 661. 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 Home Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Home Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 819 residents head out to work, 111 work right here, and 550 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Home Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Greenville
Where Home 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.
About 21 minutes to work from Home Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Home Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,023 commuters (the 4% 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.
Half of Home Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 26% 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.
For most of Home Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Home Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #126 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,064 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). 7.3% of Home Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Home Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Home Township next to U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800: 4,087th of 4,703 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 133 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,085 | Shady Cove OR | 3,039 | $57K | 12.5% | 7.3% | 6% | D |
| 4,086 | Cowpens SC | 2,257 | $39K | 29.1% | 1.9% | 2% | D |
| 4,087 | Home Township MI | 2,813 | $56K | 22.2% | 4.9% | 12% | D |
| 4,088 | Valley Township OH | 2,030 | $56K | 16.0% | 7.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,089 | Ajo AZ | 3,107 | $54K | 9.9% | 6.9% | 35% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Home Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Home Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Home Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Township | – | D | B+ | 21 min | $56,037 |
| Belvidere Township | under 2% | D | D− | 33 min | $59,891 |
| Richland Township | under 2% | D− | D | 40 min | $50,862 |
| Rolland Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $55,000 |
| Day Township | under 2% | D | C− | 26 min | $60,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Home 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 Home Township: questions
What is the median household income in Home Township?
$56,037 (±$10,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Home Township?
22.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Home Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Home Township work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (7%, 21 mi), Stanton (5%, 10 mi), Mount Pleasant (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Home Township walkable?
Home Township is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Home Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Home Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Home 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.