Lenox Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 3% work in Lenox Township itself; outside it, Detroit draws the most (8%, 30 miles). Lenox Township has 1,658 jobs, and 4,756 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Lenox Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lenox Township at work: what stands out
Lenox Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Lenox Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Detroit, gets only 8% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Lenox Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Lenox Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lenox Township is Detroit, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (395) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
Inside Lenox Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Lenox Township’s grade up (ahead of 78% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
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, Lenox Township could be anywhere from C to A.
Commuting from Lenox Township: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lenox Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,113 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where people from Lenox Township work
Where Lenox Township clocks in
Lines 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 distance from Lenox Township to work
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 workday shuffle in and out of Lenox Township
On a workday 4,602 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 1,504 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Lenox 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.
What Lenox Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lenox Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,385 → 1,658. 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 Lenox Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Lenox Township gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,595 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Lenox Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lenox Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lenox Township places 1,427th of 2,526 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,425 | Haysville KS | 11,353 | $68K | 11.9% | 3.7% | 8% | B |
| 1,426 | Auburn GA | 10,110 | $77K | 11.7% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,427 | Lenox Township MI | 13,251 | $72K | 12.0% | 4.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,428 | Groveton VA | 13,931 | $102K | 13.2% | 9.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,429 | Perrysburg Township OH | 13,783 | $74K | 10.1% | 5.0% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lenox Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Lenox Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Chesterfield Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lenox Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenox Township | – | B | B− | 32 min | $72,484 |
| Richmond | under 3% | C | A− | 26 min | $64,719 |
| Ray Township | under 3% | A | D | 33 min | $117,917 |
| Chesterfield Township | 6% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $91,508 |
| Casco Township | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $87,538 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lenox 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 Lenox Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lenox Township?
$72,484 (±$4,539) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lenox Township?
12.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lenox Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lenox Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (8%, 30 mi), Clinton Township (6%, 13 mi), Chesterfield Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lenox Township walkable?
Lenox Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lenox Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lenox Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lenox 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.