With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Mayfield Township works elsewhere
210 jobs are based in Mayfield Township, against 758 working residents. The two grades for Mayfield Township are C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Mayfield Township for work; outside it, Traverse City is the main destination (30%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mayfield Township: the gist
Mayfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 210 jobs based in Mayfield Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mayfield Township has about 1,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Mayfield Township works in Traverse City
228 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Traverse City, 13 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in Mayfield Township itself. The commute map ↓
Mayfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 758 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Mayfield Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Mayfield Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Mayfield Township’s grade up ($74,432, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Mayfield 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, Mayfield Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mayfield Township
On a workday 750 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Mayfield Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting out of Mayfield Township: the destinations
Where Mayfield Township clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
Getting to work from Mayfield Township takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 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 750 commuters (the 11% 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 kinds of work in Mayfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 104 → 210. 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mayfield Township
About 22% 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.
In Mayfield Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mayfield Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 842 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Mayfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mayfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mayfield Township is 3,906th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,904 | Brownfield ME | 1,704 | $61K | 8.1% | 8.3% | 3% | C− |
| 3,905 | Orange Township MI | 1,322 | $70K | 11.2% | 1.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,906 | Mayfield Township MI | 1,841 | $74K | 15.7% | 6.9% | 1% | C− |
| 3,907 | Pinconning Township MI | 2,285 | $61K | 13.3% | 3.6% | 3% | C− |
| 3,908 | Decatur AR | 1,893 | $45K | 11.8% | 5.2% | 3% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Mayfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Mayfield Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Paradise Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayfield Township | – | C− | C− | 30 min | $74,432 |
| Hanover Township | under 2% | C− | C | 30 min | $68,214 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 27 min | $81,250 |
| Paradise Township | 5% | C+ | C | 28 min | $74,084 |
| Blair Township | 3% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $71,582 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$74,432 (±$12,503) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayfield Township?
15.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayfield Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mayfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (30%, 13 mi), Garfield Township (13%, 11 mi), Paradise Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mayfield Township walkable?
Mayfield Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.