Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Most of Macon Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Macon Township for work; outside it, Tecumseh is the main destination (10%, 6 miles). There are 107 jobs in Macon Township for 450 working residents. The two grades for Macon Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Macon Township, in a few figures
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Macon Township
On income, poverty and job access, Macon Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Macon Township’s grade up ($78,813, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Macon 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, Macon Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Macon Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 443 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Macon Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The towns that employ Macon Township’s residents
Where Macon Township clocks in
10% 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.
Jobs in Macon Township: what the 107 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Macon Township, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 107. 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 Macon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Macon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 482 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.
How many miles Macon Township commutes
About 16% 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.
For most of Macon Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Macon Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 534 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). 0.8% of Macon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Macon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Macon Township ranks 2,749th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,747 | Galesville WI | 1,704 | $71K | 12.3% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,748 | Greensfork Township IN | 1,056 | $79K | 12.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,749 | Macon Township MI | 1,314 | $79K | 17.8% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,750 | Bethany NY | 1,749 | $76K | 13.0% | 3.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,751 | Pinegrove Township PA | 1,348 | $77K | 8.7% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Macon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Macon Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Ridgeway Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Macon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macon Township | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $78,813 |
| Ridgeway Township | 3% | B− | C− | 32 min | $80,250 |
| Saline Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $102,500 |
| Milan Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $95,750 |
| Tecumseh Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $100,625 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | B− | B | 31 min | $76,954 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Macon 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 Macon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Macon Township?
$78,813 (±$9,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Macon Township?
17.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Macon Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Macon Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tecumseh (10%, 6 mi), Saline (5%, 10 mi), Adrian (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Macon Township walkable?
Macon Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Macon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Macon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Macon 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.