Stony Creek Bridge · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Olive Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Olive Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. Olive Township has 336 jobs for 1,037 working residents. The two grades for Olive Township are A− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs & income in Olive Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Olive Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #177 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Olive Township’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment 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, Olive Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who leaves Olive Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,014 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Olive Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
25% of working residents work in Lansing
Where Olive Township clocks in
25% of workers
7% 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.
Olive Township works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olive Township, 2011 → 2021: 88 → 336. 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 Olive Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Olive Township: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olive Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 960 commuters (the 20% 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.
How many miles Olive Township commutes
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.
In Olive Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Olive Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #674 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Olive Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,199 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 Olive Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Olive Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Olive Township is 871st among 4,868 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,400
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 129 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 869 | Varnell GA | 2,295 | $86K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 870 | Weston MO | 1,855 | $89K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 871 | Olive Township MI | 2,527 | $102K | 7.0% | 3.4% | 2% | A− |
| 872 | Black Creek Township PA | 1,967 | $90K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| 873 | Hamburg NJ | 3,345 | $87K | 3.4% | 4.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,868 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Olive Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Olive Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to DeWitt Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Olive Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Township | – | A− | D− | 27 min | $101,500 |
| Bingham Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $77,273 |
| DeWitt Township | 3% | A | C | 24 min | $96,824 |
| Victor Township | under 2% | B | D− | 29 min | $106,343 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Olive 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 Olive Township: questions
What is the median household income in Olive Township?
$101,500 (±$8,102) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Olive Township?
7.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olive Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olive Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (25%, 13 mi), East Lansing (7%, 11 mi), Delta Township (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Olive Township walkable?
Olive Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Olive 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 Olive Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olive 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.