Most of Lincoln Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Lincoln Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns. 3,399 jobs are based in Lincoln Township, against 6,207 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lincoln Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lincoln Township
Lincoln Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Lincoln Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lincoln Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Lincoln Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lincoln Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lincoln Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #276 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Lincoln Township’s grade up ($98,228, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lincoln Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Lincoln Township makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lincoln Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,719 → 3,399. 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 Lincoln Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Lincoln Township: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lincoln Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,939 commuters (the 16% 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 many people are in Lincoln Township by day
On a workday 5,535 residents head out to work, 672 work right here, and 2,727 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Lincoln Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
17% of working residents work in Benton Township
Where Lincoln Township clocks in
12% of workers
5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lincoln Township
About 23% 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.
Few in Lincoln Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lincoln Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #467 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,079 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). 2.8% of Lincoln Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Lincoln Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000, Lincoln Township ranks 1,155th of 2,362 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,153 | Williamsburg VA | 15,861 | $76K | 18.8% | 6.8% | 20% | B |
| 1,154 | Kittery ME | 11,420 | $94K | 6.4% | 5.4% | 21% | B |
| 1,155 | Lincoln Township MI | 14,814 | $98K | 5.8% | 5.6% | 11% | B |
| 1,156 | Farmington NY | 15,187 | $93K | 8.3% | 5.2% | 7% | B |
| 1,157 | Sonterra TX | 10,563 | $92K | 10.4% | 4.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Lincoln Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 11% of Lincoln Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to St. Joseph Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lincoln Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Township | – | B | C− | 19 min | $98,228 |
| Lake Township | 4% | B | C | 27 min | $83,241 |
| St. Joseph Township | 5% | B− | B | 19 min | $94,926 |
| Shoreham | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Royalton Township | 2% | A | C− | 17 min | $128,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Shoreham: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lincoln 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 Lincoln Township: questions
What is the median household income in Lincoln Township?
$98,228 (±$5,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lincoln Township?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lincoln Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lincoln Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton Township (17%, 9 mi), St. Joseph (12%, 6 mi), St. Joseph Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lincoln Township walkable?
Lincoln Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lincoln Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lincoln Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lincoln 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.