Photo: Christopher L. Riley · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Homer Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
There are 525 jobs in Homer Township, and 1,067 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Homer Township are D for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Homer Township
Fewer jobs are based in Homer Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Homer Township fell from 901 in 2011 to 525 in 2021, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Homer Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Homer Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Homer Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. 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.
What’s behind Homer Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Homer Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns, #651 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Homer Township’s grade up (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
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, Homer Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Homer Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Homer Township, 2011 → 2021: 901 → 525. 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 Homer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Homer Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 901 residents head out to work, 166 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Homer Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Marshall
Where Homer 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Homer Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Homer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,167 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Homer Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
Getting around Homer Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Homer Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns, #243 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,230 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). 14.6% of Homer Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Homer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Homer Township ranks 4,176th of 4,882 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 240 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,174 | El Dorado Springs MO | 3,642 | $32K | 28.4% | 2.6% | 27% | D |
| 4,175 | Schulenburg TX | 2,837 | $51K | 17.2% | 5.3% | 33% | D |
| 4,176 | Homer Township MI | 2,897 | $55K | 23.2% | 5.5% | 16% | D |
| 4,177 | Worth Township MI | 3,423 | $61K | 13.4% | 7.0% | 10% | D |
| 4,178 | Paris AR | 3,357 | $51K | 18.9% | 5.0% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | 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 Homer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Homer Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Albion Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Homer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Township | – | D | B− | 25 min | $54,519 |
| Albion Township | 3% | C+ | D | 26 min | $75,990 |
| Clarendon Township | 3% | C+ | D | 29 min | $77,232 |
| Pulaski Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 29 min | $76,625 |
| Litchfield Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $59,022 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Homer 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 Homer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Homer Township?
$54,519 (±$7,838) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Homer Township?
23.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Homer Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Homer Township work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (7%, 14 mi), Litchfield (6%, 6 mi), Coldwater (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Homer Township walkable?
Homer Township is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Homer Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Homer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Homer 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.