Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Pinckney (1.5%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Pinckney itself; outside it, Ann Arbor draws the most (16%, 16 miles). Pinckney grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Pinckney is ahead of 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pinckney and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Pinckney
63% of Pinckney residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Pinckney pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Pinckney 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 ↓
Many jobs in Pinckney pay little
30% of the jobs based in Pinckney pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
41% of the jobs in Pinckney are in trade, transport and utilities, against 16% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Inside Pinckney’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pinckney is better than 91% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate 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, Pinckney could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
What work there is in Pinckney: 574 jobs
574 jobs are based in Pinckney.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinckney, 2011 → 2021: 282 → 574. 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 Pinckney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Pinckney
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinckney workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 975 commuters (the 14% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pinckney
On a workday 1,041 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Pinckney on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where people from Pinckney work
Where Pinckney clocks in
16% 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.
How far it is to work from Pinckney
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 Pinckney: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pinckney is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of 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 1,129 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). 7.4% of Pinckney households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pinckney’s commuters take a bus or train.
320th of 5,328: where Pinckney ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 318 | Pleasant Ridge MI | 2,592 | $171K | 2.5% | 5.7% | 2% | A |
| 319 | Eagle Township MI | 2,802 | $92K | 3.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A |
| 320 | Pinckney MI | 2,333 | $97K | 4.5% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| 321 | Kinnickinnic WI | 1,827 | $117K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 322 | Putnamville IN | 1,959 | $151K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Pinckney, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Pinckney: questions
What is the median household income in Pinckney?
$96,855 (±$13,582) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinckney?
4.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinckney?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinckney work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (16%, 16 mi), Putnam Township (6%, 2 mi), Pittsfield Township (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pinckney walkable?
Pinckney is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pinckney without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinckney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinckney
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.