Mayfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. There are 1,293 jobs in Mayfield Township; 3,134 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Mayfield Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mayfield Township: the figures worth knowing
Mayfield Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mayfield Township went from 899 in 2011 to 1,293 in 2021, +44%. The jobs ↓
Few Mayfield Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Mayfield Township
Unemployment holds Mayfield Township’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($68,774, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mayfield Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 899 → 1,293. 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 Mayfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Mayfield Township spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,457 commuters (the 3% 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.
A workday in Mayfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,967 residents head out to work, 167 work right here, and 1,126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Mayfield Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
16% of working residents work in Lapeer
Where Mayfield Township clocks in
16% of workers
3% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Mayfield Township
About 17% 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 Mayfield Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,578 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). 4.1% of Mayfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mayfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mayfield Township ranks: 1,632nd of 3,049 U.S. towns of 5,600 to 10,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,630 | Middletown PA | 9,776 | $56K | 12.4% | 2.9% | 4% | B− |
| 1,631 | Townsend MA | 9,143 | $122K | 8.9% | 7.2% | 8% | B− |
| 1,632 | Mayfield Township MI | 8,070 | $69K | 7.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,633 | Spring Valley Lake CA | 9,483 | $83K | 7.3% | 5.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,634 | Burton SC | 6,912 | $68K | 12.1% | 1.0% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,049 | 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 Mayfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 16% of Mayfield Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Township | – | B− | D | 26 min | $68,774 |
| Lapeer | 16% | C | A− | 25 min | $52,716 |
| Arcadia Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 45 min | $79,985 |
| Oregon Township | under 2% | C | D− | 28 min | $83,807 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 42 min | $72,241 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lapeer. Darker towns draw more of Mayfield 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 Mayfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mayfield Township?
$68,774 (±$6,610) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayfield Township?
7.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayfield Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayfield Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lapeer (16%, 4 mi), Detroit (3%, 51 mi), Auburn Hills (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mayfield Township walkable?
Mayfield Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayfield 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.