Redding Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Redding Township has 51 jobs for 127 working residents. Hardly any stay in Redding Township for work; outside it, Clare is the main destination (9%, 19 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Redding Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 126 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Redding 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 people from Redding Township work
Where Redding Township clocks in
6% 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.
What Redding Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redding Township, 2011 → 2021: 61 → 51. 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 Redding Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Redding 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 Redding Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 13% 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 distance from Redding Township to work
About 37% 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.
Work in the towns next to Redding Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Redding Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redding Township | – | — | — | 31 min | $37,500 |
| Winterfield Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Greenwood Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 39 min | $54,583 |
| Middle Branch Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Freeman Township | under 3% | D | C− | 36 min | $54,063 |
Same-state neighbors only. Winterfield Township and Middle Branch Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Redding 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 Redding Township: questions
What is the median household income in Redding Township?
$37,500 (±$13,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redding Township?
27.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redding Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redding Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clare (9%, 19 mi), Lansing (6%, 94 mi), Harrison (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Redding Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redding Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redding 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.