Photo: Dwight Burdette at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Household incomes in Pittsfield Township are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Pittsfield Township A−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Below the poverty line: 7.2% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 35.1 in Ann Arbor.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Pittsfield Township, in brief
Pittsfield Township trades workers with the towns around it
Pittsfield Township has about as many jobs (18,974) as working residents (16,676), but they are mostly different people: 15,302 residents leave for work each day while 17,600 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Pittsfield Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Pittsfield Township works one town over
39% of working residents work in a town that borders Pittsfield Township: Ann Arbor (32%), Ann Arbor Township (3%) and Saline (2%). Next door ↓
Pittsfield Township draws workers from far and wide
The 18,974 jobs in Pittsfield Township are filled from a wide area. Pittsfield Township’s own residents hold 7% and the ten next-biggest home towns 30%; the other 63% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Pittsfield Township
23% of Pittsfield Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Pittsfield Township
Job access by car holds Pittsfield Township’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pittsfield Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
How many people are in Pittsfield Township by day
On a workday 15,302 residents head out to work, 1,374 work right here, and 17,600 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 (1.14 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.
32% of working residents work in Ann Arbor
Where Pittsfield Township clocks in
32% of workers
3% 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.
Time on the road from Pittsfield Township: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittsfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15,711 commuters (the 23% 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 kinds of work in Pittsfield Township
18,974 jobs are based in Pittsfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 15,313 → 18,974. 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 Pittsfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Pittsfield Township
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.
Pittsfield Township is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsfield Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns, #58 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Pittsfield 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 20,303 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 9% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% 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). 4.9% of Pittsfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Pittsfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pittsfield Township is 391st among 1,086 U.S. towns of 28,000 to 54,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
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| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 20 | Northville Township MI | 31,399 | $151K | 3.1% | 2.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Bloomfield Township MI | 43,904 | $163K | 4.8% | 3.6% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Independence Township MI | 37,725 | $115K | 4.3% | 2.9% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 389 | Martinez CA | 36,849 | $127K | 6.3% | 5.8% | 12% | A− |
| 390 | Saratoga Springs NY | 28,768 | $106K | 9.7% | 2.5% | 29% | A− |
| 391 | Pittsfield Township MI | 40,265 | $102K | 7.2% | 4.5% | 8% | A− |
| 392 | East Fishkill NY | 29,801 | $139K | 3.8% | 5.5% | 10% | A− |
| 393 | Windsor CO | 43,840 | $127K | 6.0% | 4.5% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,086 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | 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 Pittsfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 39% of Pittsfield Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ann Arbor (32%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pittsfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield Township | – | A− | A− | 22 min | $102,463 |
| Ann Arbor | 32% | A | A+ | 20 min | $82,212 |
| Saline | 2% | B+ | C+ | 28 min | $88,346 |
| Ypsilanti Township | 2% | C+ | A | 25 min | $69,716 |
| Lodi Township | under 2% | A | C− | 22 min | $137,727 |
| Ann Arbor Township | 3% | A+ | B+ | 21 min | $164,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsfield Township?
$102,463 (±$4,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsfield Township?
7.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsfield Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittsfield Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (32%, 5 mi), Ann Arbor Township (3%, 8 mi), Detroit (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pittsfield Township walkable?
Pittsfield Township is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsfield Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 9% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittsfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsfield 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.