Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Owosso Township’s household incomes are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
13.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Michigan has 13.2%. The two grades for Owosso Township are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 8% work in Owosso Township; the top destination outside it is Owosso (19%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Owosso Township in brief
Owosso Township trades workers with the towns around it
Owosso Township has about as many jobs (1,636) as working residents (1,705), but they are mostly different people: 1,577 residents leave for work each day while 1,508 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Owosso Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Owosso Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Owosso Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Owosso Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Owosso Township and Owosso trade workers both ways
Owosso is the top workplace for Owosso Township residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Owosso Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Owosso Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Owosso Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #474 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Owosso Township’s grade up (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($56,818, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Owosso Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How a workday changes Owosso Township
On a workday 1,577 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 1,508 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
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 51% of work in Owosso Township
1,636 jobs are based in Owosso Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Owosso Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,480 → 1,636. 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 Owosso Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Owosso Township’s residents
Where Owosso Township clocks in
19% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Owosso Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Owosso Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,893 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Owosso Township
About 30% 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.
Getting around Owosso Township: mostly by car
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 2,138 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). 6.4% of Owosso Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Owosso Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Owosso Township places 2,343rd of 3,753 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | 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 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 122 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,341 | Morris MN | 5,150 | $68K | 15.9% | 0.6% | 51% | C+ |
| 2,342 | Talent OR | 6,296 | $63K | 11.7% | 4.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,343 | Owosso Township MI | 4,786 | $57K | 13.6% | 3.2% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,344 | West Penn Township PA | 4,616 | $72K | 5.8% | 8.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,345 | Benton KY | 4,718 | $67K | 11.4% | 4.0% | 16% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | 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 Owosso Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 25% of Owosso Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Owosso Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owosso Township | – | C+ | D | 25 min | $56,818 |
| Owosso | 19% | C− | B+ | 23 min | $54,229 |
| Rush Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 32 min | $65,000 |
| Bennington Township | under 2% | A | D− | 26 min | $101,078 |
| Middlebury Township | under 2% | B | D− | 35 min | $77,344 |
| Caledonia Township | 6% | C | B− | 25 min | $70,069 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Owosso. Darker towns draw more of Owosso 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 Owosso Township: questions
What is the median household income in Owosso Township?
$56,818 (±$13,395) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Owosso Township?
13.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Owosso Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Owosso Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (19%, 3 mi), Caledonia Township (6%, 7 mi), Corunna (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Owosso Township walkable?
Owosso Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Owosso Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Owosso Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Owosso 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.