Quincy Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%. Employers in Quincy Township report 750 jobs for 1,499 working residents. Jobs and income earn Quincy Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Quincy Township apart on work
Quincy Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Quincy Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Quincy Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Few Quincy Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Jobs & income in Quincy Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Quincy Township is better than 53% of U.S. towns, #386 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Quincy Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on 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, Quincy Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Goods, not services: 39% of the jobs in Quincy Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quincy Township, 2011 → 2021: 587 → 750. 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 Quincy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Quincy Township’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Quincy Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,921 commuters (the 3% 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.
Quincy Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,373 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 624 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Quincy Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
23% of working residents work in Coldwater
Where Quincy Township clocks in
23% of workers
5% 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.
Miles to work from Quincy Township
About 29% 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.
In Quincy Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,988 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). 5.7% of Quincy Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Quincy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600, Quincy Township comes 2,026th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 118 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 123 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
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| 2,024 | Jessup PA | 4,506 | $65K | 18.1% | 2.0% | 8% | B− |
| 2,025 | Sunderland MA | 3,607 | $68K | 14.3% | 6.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,026 | Quincy Township MI | 4,140 | $70K | 9.3% | 2.4% | 8% | B− |
| 2,027 | Halifax Township PA | 3,352 | $71K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,028 | Pottsville AR | 3,326 | $69K | 11.9% | 2.2% | 6% | B− |
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| 4,112 | 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 Quincy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Quincy Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Coldwater Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Quincy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Township | – | B− | D | 22 min | $70,240 |
| Allen Township | 1% | D | C− | 25 min | $65,417 |
| Coldwater Township | 5% | C | C− | 19 min | $72,014 |
| Algansee Township | under 2% | C | D | 25 min | $77,978 |
| Butler Township | under 2% | C | C− | 26 min | $70,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Quincy 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 Quincy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Quincy Township?
$70,240 (±$10,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Quincy Township?
9.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Quincy Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Quincy Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (23%, 6 mi), Coldwater Township (5%, 5 mi), Angola (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Quincy Township walkable?
Quincy Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Quincy 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 Quincy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quincy 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.