Oceola Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Oceola Township A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Oceola Township report 632 jobs; 5,984 of its residents have a job. Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oceola Township and work: the main findings
Oceola Township is a place people come home to
There are 632 jobs based in Oceola Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oceola Township has about 9,500 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Oceola Township makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Oceola Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Oceola Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Oceola Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 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.
Where Oceola Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oceola Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #105 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Oceola Township’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.2%, 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, Oceola Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In and out of Oceola Township on a workday
On a workday 5,853 residents head out to work, 131 work right here, and 501 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Oceola Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Oceola Township makes things: 45% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oceola Township, 2011 → 2021: 519 → 632. 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 Oceola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Oceola Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oceola Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,342 commuters (the 18% 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.
7% of working residents work in Howell
Where Oceola Township clocks in
7% 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.
Miles to work from Oceola Township
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.
Driving is how Oceola Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oceola Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #482 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,688 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). 1.1% of Oceola Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Oceola Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oceola Township places 582nd of 2,362 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 9 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 580 | East Whiteland Township PA | 14,983 | $147K | 2.9% | 7.0% | 9% | A |
| 581 | Grandville MI | 17,018 | $78K | 7.3% | 1.6% | 10% | A |
| 582 | Oceola Township MI | 14,888 | $119K | 1.8% | 5.2% | 2% | A |
| 583 | Milford NH | 16,686 | $98K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 17% | A |
| 584 | Ogden NY | 19,940 | $92K | 7.5% | 2.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Oceola Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
14% of Oceola Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Howell (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oceola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceola Township | – | A | C− | 31 min | $118,870 |
| Howell | 7% | B | B+ | 30 min | $60,449 |
| Howell Township | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Genoa Township | 5% | A− | C | 28 min | $100,716 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 42 min | $105,257 |
| Hartland Township | 2% | A+ | B | 29 min | $108,568 |
Same-state neighbors only. Howell Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oceola 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 Oceola Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oceola Township?
$118,870 (±$5,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oceola Township?
1.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oceola Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oceola Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Howell (7%, 5 mi), Ann Arbor (7%, 27 mi), Genoa Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Oceola Township walkable?
Oceola Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oceola Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oceola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oceola 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.