With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Prairieville Township works elsewhere
Prairieville Township has 195 jobs, and 1,377 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Prairieville Township are B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% work in Prairieville Township; the top destination outside it is Kalamazoo (13%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Prairieville Township apart
Prairieville Township is a place people come home to
There are 195 jobs based in Prairieville Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Prairieville Township has about 2,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Prairieville Township 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 ↓
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.
The figures behind Prairieville Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Prairieville Township is better than 54% of U.S. towns, #374 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Prairieville Township’s grade up (7.1%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($67,332, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Prairieville Township could be anywhere from C− to A.
Who commutes out of Prairieville Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,320 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Prairieville Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The trip to work from Prairieville Township: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Prairieville Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,057 commuters (the 15% 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.
Commuting out of Prairieville Township: the destinations
Where Prairieville Township clocks in
13% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Prairieville Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Prairieville Township, 2011 → 2021: 117 → 195. 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 Prairieville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Prairieville Township, by distance
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Prairieville Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Prairieville Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #381 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,247 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). 2.2% of Prairieville Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Prairieville Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Prairieville Township ranks: 2,037th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 122 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
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| 2,035 | Kewaskum WI | 4,561 | $94K | 10.8% | 6.0% | 9% | B− |
| 2,036 | Liberty Township IN | 4,476 | $74K | 10.5% | 3.3% | 6% | B− |
| 2,037 | Prairieville Township MI | 3,393 | $67K | 7.1% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| 2,038 | Geneva NY | 3,564 | $83K | 13.7% | 2.5% | 9% | B− |
| 2,039 | Tipton IA | 3,060 | $61K | 12.3% | 1.0% | 26% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Prairieville Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Prairieville Township
The biggest share goes to Barry Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Prairieville Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairieville Township | – | B− | C | 31 min | $67,332 |
| Orangeville Township | under 4% | B− | C− | 31 min | $83,281 |
| Barry Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $91,071 |
| Gun Plain Township | 3% | B | C | 28 min | $89,346 |
| Richland Township | under 4% | A | C | 26 min | $106,470 |
| Delton | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Delton: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Prairieville 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 Prairieville Township: questions
What is the median household income in Prairieville Township?
$67,332 (±$27,847) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Prairieville Township?
7.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Prairieville Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Prairieville Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalamazoo (13%, 15 mi), Portage (6%, 20 mi), Battle Creek (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Prairieville Township walkable?
Prairieville Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Prairieville Township without a car?
3% 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 Prairieville Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Prairieville 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.