Photo: Richard Hurd from Green Bay, USA · CC BY 2.0Leland Township has higher household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Leland Township are B for jobs and income and B for walkability. Below the poverty line: 4.8% of residents; Michigan has 13.2%. About one in five work in Leland Township itself; outside it, Traverse City draws the most (18%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Leland Township apart on work
Leland Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Leland Township is Traverse City, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (130) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Leland Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker, and quicker than any town next door (21 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 708 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Leland Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Leland Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Leland Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Leland 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, Leland Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Miles to work from Leland Township
About 26% 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.
About 17 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leland Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 548 commuters (the 15% 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 daily commute in and out of Leland Township
On a workday 578 residents head out to work, 130 work right here, and 513 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Out of Leland Township to work: where people go
Where Leland Township clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Leland Township
643 jobs are based in Leland Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leland Township, 2011 → 2021: 640 → 643. 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 Leland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Leland Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leland Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 642 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 Leland Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Leland Township is 1,946th of 5,641 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 98 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 225 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,944 | Burnt Store Marina FL | 2,157 | $93K | 8.8% | 9.4% | 8% | B |
| 1,945 | Carpenter Township IN | 1,998 | $80K | 9.8% | 2.4% | 14% | B |
| 1,946 | Leland Township MI | 2,191 | $93K | 4.8% | 3.0% | 18% | B |
| 1,947 | Monroe Township OH | 2,001 | $73K | 5.7% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,948 | York Township OH | 2,400 | $80K | 8.0% | 2.1% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Leland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Leland Township
The biggest share goes to Suttons Bay Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leland Township | – | B | B | 17 min | $92,857 |
| Centerville Township | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $98,281 |
| Suttons Bay Township | 6% | C+ | B | 34 min | $115,769 |
| Leelanau Township | 3% | B | B− | 21 min | $119,044 |
| Cleveland Township | under 2% | C+ | B− | 25 min | $81,607 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leland 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 Leland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leland Township?
$92,857 (±$24,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leland Township?
4.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leland Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leland Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (18%, 33 mi), Garfield Township (7%, 34 mi), Suttons Bay Township (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Leland Township walkable?
Leland Township is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leland Township without a car?
0% 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 Leland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leland 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.