Jackson Branch Bridge No. 15 · Photo: Notorious4life (Transferred by rohith_goura/Originally uploaded by Notorious4life) · Public domainRaisin Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 6% work in Raisin Township itself; outside it, Adrian draws the most (11%, 6 miles). There are 1,588 jobs in Raisin Township; 2,907 of its residents have a job. Raisin Township grades B 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
Work in Raisin Township: the figures worth knowing
Raisin Township makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Raisin Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Raisin Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Raisin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 four measures behind Raisin Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Raisin Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns, #334 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Raisin Township’s grade up ($95,766, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Raisin Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
In Raisin Township, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Raisin Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,759 → 1,588. 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 Raisin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Raisin Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Raisin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,390 commuters (the 9% 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.
In and out of Raisin Township on a workday
On a workday 2,746 residents head out to work, 161 work right here, and 1,427 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,800 people are in Raisin Township on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where Raisin Township goes to work
Where Raisin Township clocks in
10% of workers
4% 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.
Raisin Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Raisin Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Raisin Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #317 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,724 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). 0.3% of Raisin Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Raisin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Raisin Township next to U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000: 1,533rd of 3,007 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,531 | Chester Township IN | 6,958 | $67K | 8.7% | 1.6% | 33% | B |
| 1,532 | Monson MA | 8,175 | $97K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 13% | B |
| 1,533 | Raisin Township MI | 8,165 | $96K | 8.2% | 3.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,534 | Pembroke NH | 7,579 | $90K | 15.0% | 2.9% | 8% | B |
| 1,535 | Malibu CA | 9,574 | $194K | 12.6% | 6.7% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Raisin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 13% of Raisin Township
The biggest share goes to Tecumseh (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Raisin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raisin Township | – | B | C+ | 29 min | $95,766 |
| Tecumseh | 10% | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $62,835 |
| Palmyra Township | under 3% | B | D | 23 min | $85,208 |
| Adrian Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $90,879 |
| Ridgeway Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 32 min | $80,250 |
| Tecumseh Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $100,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Raisin 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 Raisin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Raisin Township?
$95,766 (±$13,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Raisin Township?
8.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Raisin Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Raisin Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (11%, 6 mi), Tecumseh (10%, 4 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Raisin Township walkable?
Raisin Township is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Raisin Township without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Raisin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Raisin 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.