With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Matteson Township works elsewhere
Matteson Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 41 jobs in Matteson Township for 489 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Matteson Township, in brief
Matteson Township is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Matteson Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Matteson Township has about 750 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Matteson Township and Coldwater trade workers both ways
Coldwater is the top workplace for Matteson Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Matteson Township come from (12% 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; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Matteson Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Matteson Township is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Matteson Township’s grade up (9.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Matteson 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, Matteson Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Matteson Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 486 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Matteson Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
19% of working residents work in Coldwater
Where Matteson Township clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 54% of Matteson Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Matteson Township, 2011 → 2021: 14 → 41. 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 Matteson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Matteson Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Matteson Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 476 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.
Where in the region Matteson Township works
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.
Matteson Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Matteson Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 506 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). 2.2% of Matteson Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Matteson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Matteson Township is 2,220th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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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| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,218 | Andrews IN | 1,062 | $50K | 7.8% | 6.7% | 2% | C |
| 2,219 | Parkston SD | 1,540 | $70K | 7.5% | 3.3% | 30% | C |
| 2,220 | Matteson Township MI | 1,195 | $70K | 9.8% | 4.3% | 1% | C |
| 2,221 | Independence NY | 1,076 | $69K | 6.3% | 2.7% | 3% | C |
| 2,222 | Algodones NM | 1,479 | $68K | 18.1% | 7.2% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Matteson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Matteson Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Matteson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matteson Township | – | C | C− | 27 min | $70,385 |
| Colon Township | under 2% | C+ | B | 22 min | $65,602 |
| Sherwood Township | under 2% | C | D− | 35 min | $64,531 |
| Bronson Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 36 min | $77,750 |
| Batavia Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $61,389 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Matteson 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 Matteson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Matteson Township?
$70,385 (±$13,962) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Matteson Township?
9.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Matteson Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Matteson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (19%, 12 mi), Sturgis (7%, 14 mi), Coldwater Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Matteson Township walkable?
Matteson Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Matteson Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Matteson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Matteson 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.