Oliver Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs and income earn Oliver Township D; getting around on foot earns it B. Oliver Township has 254 jobs for 589 working residents. Household incomes here are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Oliver Township: the gist
Oliver Township and Winsor Township trade workers both ways
Winsor Township is the top workplace for Oliver Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Oliver Township come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Oliver Township workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Oliver Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan 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 589 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Oliver Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Oliver Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Oliver Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Oliver 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, Oliver Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
17% of working residents work in Winsor Township
Where Oliver Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Oliver Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oliver Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the <1% 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.
Oliver Township by day and by night
On a workday 561 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Oliver Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The kinds of work in Oliver Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oliver Township, 2011 → 2021: 296 → 254. 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 Oliver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Oliver Township
About 26% 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.
Few in Oliver Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oliver Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 623 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). 9.0% of Oliver Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Oliver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Oliver Township comes 4,925th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,923 | Clymer PA | 1,304 | $44K | 18.3% | 12.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,924 | Elkland PA | 1,772 | $55K | 15.7% | 6.5% | 14% | D |
| 4,925 | Oliver Township MI | 1,372 | $56K | 15.6% | 5.7% | 5% | D |
| 4,926 | Day Township MI | 1,182 | $60K | 15.7% | 5.2% | 1% | D |
| 4,927 | Rathbone NY | 1,121 | $63K | 22.8% | 5.1% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Oliver Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 27% of Oliver Township
The biggest share goes to Winsor Township (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oliver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Township | – | D | B | 17 min | $55,938 |
| Colfax Township | 7% | C− | C | 29 min | $69,408 |
| Winsor Township | 17% | C− | A− | 17 min | $64,014 |
| Chandler Township | 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Grant Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chandler Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Grant Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oliver 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 Oliver Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oliver Township?
$55,938 (±$6,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oliver Township?
15.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oliver Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oliver Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winsor Township (17%, 6 mi), Bad Axe (12%, 8 mi), Colfax Township (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Oliver Township walkable?
Oliver Township is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oliver Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oliver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oliver 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.