Hope Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 154 jobs in Hope Township, and 486 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Hope Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hope Township in brief
The figures behind Hope Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hope Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Hope Township’s grade up ($101,205, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Hope 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, Hope Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
35% of working residents work in Midland
Where Hope Township clocks in
35% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hope Township
On a workday 480 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Hope Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Hope Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hope Township, 2011 → 2021: 229 → 154. 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 Hope Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hope Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 641 commuters (the 16% 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.
Hope Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
The commute in Hope Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hope Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 760 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). 1.7% of Hope Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Hope Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hope Township places 1,749th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 1,747 | Richmond WI | 1,883 | $75K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,748 | Mayfield PA | 1,749 | $79K | 10.3% | 4.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,749 | Hope Township MI | 1,383 | $101K | 6.7% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,750 | Cass Township OH | 1,607 | $67K | 3.9% | 1.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,751 | Benton Township PA | 1,752 | $65K | 5.2% | 1.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Hope Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Hope Township
The biggest share goes to Mills Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hope Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $101,205 |
| Billings Township | under 2% | D | D | 36 min | $53,899 |
| Mills Township | 2% | C | D | 34 min | $71,607 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $91,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hope 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 Hope Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hope Township?
$101,205 (±$8,044) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hope Township?
6.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hope Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hope Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (35%, 12 mi), Kochville Township (3%, 26 mi), Larkin Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Hope Township walkable?
Hope Township is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hope Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hope Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hope 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.