Oneida Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Oneida Township has 576 jobs, against 1,581 working residents. For jobs and income Oneida Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% work in Oneida Township itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (22%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Oneida Township stands out on work
How Oneida Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income 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, Oneida Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where Oneida Township goes to work
Where Oneida Township clocks in
22% 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.
Who leaves Oneida Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,547 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 542 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Oneida Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Goods jobs make up 34% of work in Oneida Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oneida Township, 2011 → 2021: 677 → 576. 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 Oneida Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oneida Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,495 commuters (the 19% 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 far Oneida Township’s workers travel
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.
Few in Oneida Township walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,848 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). 2.0% of Oneida Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oneida Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oneida Township is 972nd of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 970 | La Center WA | 4,433 | $102K | 5.7% | 3.6% | 3% | A− |
| 971 | Pulaski WI | 4,048 | $71K | 6.9% | 1.1% | 12% | A− |
| 972 | Oneida Township MI | 3,966 | $93K | 5.9% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 973 | Wayland Township MI | 3,620 | $91K | 8.7% | 2.5% | 5% | A− |
| 974 | Danby NY | 3,268 | $100K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Oneida Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Oneida Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to Delta Township (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oneida Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida Township | – | A− | D | 23 min | $93,214 |
| Grand Ledge | 7% | B | B+ | 20 min | $68,980 |
| Delta Township | 11% | B | A− | 19 min | $84,342 |
| Benton Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $97,222 |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | A | B | 24 min | $91,582 |
| Roxand Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oneida 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 Oneida Township: questions
What is the median household income in Oneida Township?
$93,214 (±$12,121) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oneida Township?
5.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oneida Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oneida Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (22%, 12 mi), Delta Township (11%, 7 mi), Grand Ledge (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Oneida Township walkable?
Oneida Township is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oneida Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oneida Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oneida 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.