Locke Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Measured by household income, Locke Township is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. There are 90 jobs in Locke Township, against 670 working residents. For jobs and income Locke Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Locke Township stands out on work
Locke Township is a place people come home to
There are 90 jobs based in Locke Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Locke Township has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Locke 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 ↓
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 670 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Locke Township’s grade explained
Household income is its strongest input ($106,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Locke 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, Locke Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Who works in Locke Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 669 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Locke Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Time on the road from Locke Township: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Locke Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 674 commuters (the 11% 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.
18% of working residents work in Lansing
Where Locke Township clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 82% of the jobs in Locke Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Locke Township, 2011 → 2021: 122 → 90. 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 Locke Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Locke Township
About 18% 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.
In Locke Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 761 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 40% 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). 0.9% of Locke Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Locke Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Locke Township places 503rd of 5,343 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 203 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 244 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 501 | Grandview OH | 1,382 | $105K | 7.5% | 10.3% | 0% | A− |
| 502 | Maple Park IL | 1,523 | $107K | 7.0% | 4.0% | <1% | A− |
| 503 | Locke Township MI | 1,809 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.6% | <1% | A− |
| 504 | Upper Burrell Township PA | 2,114 | $89K | 5.3% | 9.4% | 5% | A− |
| 505 | Urbana IA | 1,671 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Locke Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Locke Township
The biggest share goes to Leroy Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Locke Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locke Township | – | A− | D | 32 min | $106,000 |
| Conway Township | under 2% | A | D− | 36 min | $100,625 |
| Leroy Township | 6% | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $84,704 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | B− | C | 31 min | $76,579 |
| Williamstown Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 23 min | $114,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Locke 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 Locke Township: questions
What is the median household income in Locke Township?
$106,000 (±$19,233) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Locke Township?
5.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Locke Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Locke Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (18%, 18 mi), East Lansing (7%, 14 mi), Leroy Township (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Locke Township walkable?
Locke Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Locke 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 Locke Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Locke 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.