Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lima Township works elsewhere
Employers in Lima Township report 491 jobs; 1,783 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Lima Township A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lima Township, in brief
Lima Township makes and builds things
59% of the jobs based in Lima Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lima Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 14%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Lima Township works from home
23% of Lima Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Lima Township is a place people come home to
There are 491 jobs based in Lima Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lima Township has about 2,900 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 Lima Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lima Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #21 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
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, poverty and unemployment, Lima Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
59% of the jobs in Lima Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lima Township, 2011 → 2021: 296 → 491. 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 Lima Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Lima Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lima Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,616 commuters (the 23% 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.
How a workday changes Lima Township
On a workday 1,746 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Lima Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
27% of working residents work in Ann Arbor
Where Lima Township clocks in
27% 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.
The distance from Lima 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 commute in Lima Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lima Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #472 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,105 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). 1.3% of Lima Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lima Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lima Township next to U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,700: 166th of 3,962 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 120 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 164 | Merton WI | 3,676 | $174K | 6.6% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 165 | Princeton MA | 3,618 | $159K | 4.2% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 166 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 167 | Salford Township PA | 3,086 | $126K | 6.7% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| 168 | Allen Township PA | 5,693 | $103K | 3.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 3,962 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lima Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 13% of Lima Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Chelsea (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lima Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lima Township | – | A+ | C− | 23 min | $119,236 |
| Chelsea | 7% | B+ | A− | 24 min | $72,098 |
| Sylvan Township | under 2% | A | B− | 26 min | $102,656 |
| Freedom Township | under 2% | A− | C | 28 min | $112,969 |
| Dexter Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 30 min | $124,088 |
| Scio Township | 6% | A | B | 22 min | $129,816 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lima 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 Lima Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lima Township?
$119,236 (±$14,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lima Township?
1.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lima Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lima Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (27%, 11 mi), Chelsea (7%, 4 mi), Scio Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lima Township walkable?
Lima Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lima Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lima Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lima 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.