Lee Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 20% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #610 of 701 in Michigan.
Walkability D: more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns · #598 of 701 in Michigan.
Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Lee Township; the top destination outside it is Midland (33%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lee Township
Lee Township is a place people come home to
There are 169 jobs based in Lee Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lee Township has about 2,900 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lee Township and Midland trade workers both ways
Midland is the top workplace for Lee Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Lee Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 Lee Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lee Township is better than 20% of U.S. towns, #610 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Lee Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (28.1%, 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lee Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Lee Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,343 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Lee Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.12 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.
33% of working residents work in Midland
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Lee Township clocks in
33% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 169 jobs in Lee Township are
169 jobs are based in Lee Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lee Township, 2011 → 2021: 171 → 169. 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.
About 26 minutes each way, about the MI average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lee Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,537 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Lee Township commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Lee Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lee Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #598 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 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,745 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). 6.0% of Lee Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lee Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lee Township is 3,290th of 4,023 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lee Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 116 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,288 | Lake Hamilton FL | 3,007 | $60K | 26.9% | 1.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,289 | Ganeer Township IL | 3,161 | $65K | 18.8% | 8.3% | 10% | C− |
| 3,290 | Lee Township MI | 4,075 | $54K | 28.1% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| 3,291 | Crestline OH | 4,487 | $52K | 14.4% | 6.6% | 8% | C− |
| 3,292 | Tioga NY | 4,291 | $69K | 11.3% | 10.4% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,023 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
Lee Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Homer Township (2%). Darker towns draw more of Lee Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Township | – | C− | D | 26 min | $54,144 |
| Greendale Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $55,682 |
| Porter Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 34 min | $76,316 |
| Jerome Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 27 min | $80,313 |
| Homer Township | 2% | B− | D | 31 min | $117,295 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Lee Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lee Township?
$54,144 (±$14,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lee Township?
28.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lee Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lee Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (33%, 10 mi), Mount Pleasant (3%, 18 mi), Saginaw (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lee Township walkable?
Lee Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lee Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lee 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.