William Treadwell House · Photo: Michigan History Division · Public domainPittsford Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Pittsford Township; the top destination outside it is Hillsdale (14%, 12 miles). Employers in Pittsford Township report 157 jobs for 638 working residents. Pittsford Township grades C for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pittsford Township, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pittsford Township
On income, poverty and job access, Pittsford Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Pittsford Township’s grade up (9.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Pittsford 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pittsford Township could be anywhere from D to B.
A workday in Pittsford Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 613 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Pittsford Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Pittsford Township to work: where people go
Where Pittsford Township clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Pittsford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsford Township, 2011 → 2021: 200 → 157. 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 Pittsford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Pittsford Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittsford Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 621 commuters (the 7% 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 it is to work from Pittsford Township
About 24% 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.
Pittsford Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsford Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 668 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). 1.9% of Pittsford Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pittsford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pittsford Township is 3,170th among 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,168 | Cresson PA | 1,465 | $56K | 10.6% | 7.0% | 7% | C |
| 3,169 | New Johnsonville TN | 1,849 | $79K | 10.9% | 3.6% | 14% | C |
| 3,170 | Pittsford Township MI | 1,536 | $71K | 9.1% | 1.2% | 4% | C |
| 3,171 | Churchill Township MI | 1,569 | $66K | 5.7% | 4.1% | 7% | C |
| 3,172 | Bushyhead OK | 1,289 | $59K | 9.6% | 8.9% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Pittsford Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Pittsford Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Jefferson Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pittsford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsford Township | – | C | C− | 28 min | $70,625 |
| Jefferson Township | 2% | C− | D− | 26 min | $58,594 |
| Hudson Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $54,471 |
| Wright Township | under 3% | C− | C | 29 min | $54,449 |
| Wheatland Township | under 3% | C | D | 28 min | $74,783 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pittsford 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 Pittsford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsford Township?
$70,625 (±$19,762) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsford Township?
9.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsford Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittsford Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsdale (14%, 12 mi), Adrian (6%, 19 mi), Jackson (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Pittsford Township walkable?
Pittsford Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pittsford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsford 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.