Unemployment in Madison Township (6.7%) is higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Madison Township; the top destination outside it is Adrian (22%, 4 miles). For jobs and income Madison Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (C). Home is the office for 6% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Madison Township in brief
Madison Township trades workers with the towns around it
Madison Township has about as many jobs (2,523) as working residents (2,723), but they are mostly different people: 2,469 residents leave for work each day while 2,269 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Madison Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Township and Adrian trade workers both ways
Adrian is the top workplace for Madison Township residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Madison Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
The figures behind Madison Township’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Madison Township’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
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, Madison Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,469 residents head out to work, 254 work right here, and 2,269 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where people from Madison Township work
Where Madison Township clocks in
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.
Inside Madison Township’s 2,523 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,217 → 2,523. 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 Madison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Madison Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madison Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,705 commuters (the 6% 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.
The commute from Madison Township, by distance
About 25% 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.
Madison Township is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,864 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). 5.2% of Madison Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Madison Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Madison Township is 2,431st of 3,071 U.S. towns of 5,300 to 10,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,429 | Pontoon Beach IL | 5,887 | $63K | 21.7% | 11.0% | 4% | C |
| 2,430 | Pratt KS | 6,574 | $64K | 14.3% | 3.7% | 48% | C |
| 2,431 | Madison Township MI | 7,538 | $70K | 16.2% | 6.7% | 9% | C |
| 2,432 | Homeland CA | 7,584 | $60K | 14.4% | 7.3% | 2% | C |
| 2,433 | Centerville GA | 9,505 | $69K | 16.5% | 7.2% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,071 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Madison Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 25% of Madison Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madison Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Township | – | C | C | 25 min | $69,643 |
| Adrian | 22% | C− | A | 22 min | $50,209 |
| Dover Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $73,889 |
| Adrian Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $90,879 |
| Palmyra Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $85,208 |
| Fairfield Township | under 2% | C | D | 27 min | $60,268 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Adrian. Darker towns draw more of Madison 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 Madison Township: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Township?
$69,643 (±$3,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Township?
16.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Township work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (22%, 4 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 34 mi), Raisin Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Madison Township walkable?
Madison Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Madison Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madison Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison 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.