Jonesfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Jonesfield Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C. 260 jobs are based in Jonesfield Township, and 619 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Jonesfield Township itself; outside it, Saginaw draws the most (12%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Jonesfield Township: the gist
Income, poverty and work: Jonesfield Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Jonesfield Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Jonesfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (17.4%) is left out: Jonesfield 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Jonesfield Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Jonesfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jonesfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 362 → 260. 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 Jonesfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Jonesfield Township by day
On a workday 575 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Jonesfield Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where Jonesfield Township goes to work
Where Jonesfield Township clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
From Jonesfield Township, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jonesfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 556 commuters (the 7% 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.
Jonesfield Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
Most trips from Jonesfield Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Jonesfield Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Jonesfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 599 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). 3.9% of Jonesfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Jonesfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Jonesfield Township is 4,476th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Fairview UT | 1,328 | $66K | 11.1% | 2.9% | 7% | C− |
| 4,475 | Maple River Township MI | 1,279 | $72K | 15.8% | 3.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,476 | Jonesfield Township MI | 1,593 | $60K | 20.3% | 17.4% | 7% | C− |
| 4,477 | Laguna Park TX | 1,596 | $61K | 13.8% | 5.2% | 4% | C− |
| 4,478 | Mapleton IA | 1,135 | $55K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 19% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Jonesfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Jonesfield Township
The biggest share goes to Richland Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jonesfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonesfield Township | – | C− | C | 28 min | $60,441 |
| Lakefield Township | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Richland Township | 3% | B | C− | 29 min | $84,000 |
| Mount Haley Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 31 min | $77,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lakefield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jonesfield 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 Jonesfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Jonesfield Township?
$60,441 (±$13,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jonesfield Township?
20.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jonesfield Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jonesfield Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (12%, 18 mi), Saginaw Township (10%, 15 mi), Midland (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Jonesfield Township walkable?
Jonesfield Township is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Jonesfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jonesfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jonesfield 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.