Isaac Lockwood House · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Marshall Township have higher incomes than those in 82% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Marshall Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). Poverty touches 3.7% of residents (Michigan 13.2%). Only 4% work in Marshall Township; the top destination outside it is Marshall (22%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Marshall Township, in brief
Marshall Township trades workers with the towns around it
Marshall Township has about as many jobs (1,161) as working residents (1,197), but they are mostly different people: 1,147 residents leave for work each day while 1,111 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Marshall Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Marshall Township works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Marshall Township: Marshall (22%) and Emmett Township (5%). Next door ↓
Marshall Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Marshall Township went from 793 in 2011 to 1,161 in 2021, +46%. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Marshall Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Marshall Township’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income 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, Marshall Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Marshall Township
On a workday 1,147 residents head out to work, 50 work right here, and 1,111 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 (0.97 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.
66% of the jobs in Marshall Township pay over $3,333 a month
1,161 jobs are based in Marshall Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marshall Township, 2011 → 2021: 793 → 1,161. 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 Marshall Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Marshall Township to work: where people go
Where Marshall Township clocks in
16% 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Marshall Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marshall Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,333 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where in the region Marshall Township works
About 19% 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.
Most of Marshall Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,548 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). 0.9% of Marshall Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Marshall Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Marshall Township is 1,233rd among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 155 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,231 | Carlyle Township IL | 3,778 | $88K | 6.6% | 2.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 1,232 | Spencer Township IN | 2,408 | $78K | 1.6% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,233 | Marshall Township MI | 3,162 | $107K | 3.7% | 5.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,234 | Canterwood WA | 2,971 | $160K | 4.2% | 8.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,235 | New Holstein WI | 3,040 | $60K | 5.1% | 0.6% | 10% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Marshall Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
27% of Marshall Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marshall Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Township | – | B+ | C+ | 21 min | $106,944 |
| Marshall | 22% | B− | A− | 21 min | $76,050 |
| Convis Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $70,707 |
| Fredonia Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 24 min | $80,938 |
| Emmett Township | 5% | B+ | C− | 19 min | $79,207 |
| Marengo Township | under 2% | B− | D | 20 min | $85,450 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marshall. Darker towns draw more of Marshall 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 Marshall Township: questions
What is the median household income in Marshall Township?
$106,944 (±$16,881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marshall Township?
3.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marshall Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Marshall Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (22%, 3 mi), Battle Creek (16%, 11 mi), Emmett Township (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Marshall Township walkable?
Marshall Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marshall Township without a car?
3% 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 Marshall Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marshall 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.