Photo: Notorious4life · Public domainLapeer Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
692 jobs are based in Lapeer Township, against 2,015 working residents. The two grades for Lapeer Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. A typical one-way commute lasts 37 minutes (Michigan 24, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lapeer Township stands out on work
Lapeer Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lapeer Township
59% of Lapeer Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Lapeer Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in Lapeer Township are held by workers 29 or younger, against 24% of Lapeer Township’s own working residents. 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.
The figures behind Lapeer Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lapeer Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #463 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Lapeer Township’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lapeer Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Lapeer Township’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lapeer Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,759 commuters (the 13% 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.
The kinds of work in Lapeer Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lapeer Township, 2011 → 2021: 231 → 692. 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 Lapeer Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Lapeer Township by day
On a workday 1,968 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 645 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Lapeer Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
13% of working residents work in Lapeer
Where Lapeer Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lapeer Township
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.
Lapeer Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lapeer Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #571 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,015 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). 3.5% of Lapeer Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lapeer Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lapeer Township is 2,270th of 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,268 | James City NC | 4,789 | $59K | 11.7% | 2.5% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,269 | Forest City IA | 4,143 | $69K | 12.4% | 2.7% | 46% | C+ |
| 2,270 | Lapeer Township MI | 4,996 | $70K | 9.9% | 5.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,271 | Aumsville OR | 4,241 | $91K | 13.5% | 7.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,272 | Pittstown NY | 5,472 | $92K | 13.2% | 5.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Lapeer Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
13% of Lapeer Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lapeer Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapeer Township | – | C+ | D | 37 min | $70,197 |
| Lapeer | 13% | C | A− | 25 min | $52,716 |
| Metamora Township | under 2% | A− | C | 32 min | $108,565 |
| Elba Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $82,994 |
| Attica Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 41 min | $75,223 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lapeer. Darker towns draw more of Lapeer 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 Lapeer Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lapeer Township?
$70,197 (±$10,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lapeer Township?
9.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lapeer Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lapeer Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lapeer (13%, 4 mi), Auburn Hills (5%, 23 mi), Troy (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lapeer Township walkable?
Lapeer Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lapeer Township without a car?
1% 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 Lapeer Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lapeer 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.