Most of Rich Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Rich Township for work; outside it, Lapeer is the main destination (8%, 16 miles). Employers in Rich Township report 35 jobs, against 571 working residents. Jobs and income earn Rich Township C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rich Township and work: the main findings
Rich Township is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Rich Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rich Township has about 970 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rich Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 107 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; with 571 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Rich Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Rich Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Rich Township’s grade up (6.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.5%) is left out: Rich 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, Rich Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How a workday changes Rich Township
On a workday 567 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Rich Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
About 38 minutes each way for Rich Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rich Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 667 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.
The towns that employ Rich Township’s residents
Where Rich Township clocks in
8% of workers
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.
Making and building: 63% of jobs based in Rich Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rich Township, 2011 → 2021: 25 → 35. 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 Rich Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Rich Township, by distance
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 Rich Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rich Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 719 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). 4.4% of Rich Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rich Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,397 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,000, Rich Township comes 3,106th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 86 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,104 | Braintree VT | 1,226 | $80K | 11.1% | 5.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,105 | Phoenix IL | 1,646 | $30K | 21.5% | 22.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,106 | Rich Township MI | 1,502 | $66K | 6.5% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,107 | Jasper NY | 1,381 | $81K | 10.9% | 1.9% | <1% | C |
| 3,108 | Liberty Township OH | 1,994 | $64K | 12.3% | 5.6% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,397 | 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 Rich Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Rich Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Burlington Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rich Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Township | – | C | D | 38 min | $66,000 |
| Burlington Township | 3% | D | C− | 36 min | $61,198 |
| Watertown Township | under 3% | C | D | 46 min | $82,396 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 42 min | $72,241 |
| Dayton Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 40 min | $69,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rich 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 Rich Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rich Township?
$66,000 (±$24,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rich Township?
6.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rich Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rich Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lapeer (8%, 16 mi), North Branch Township (6%, 8 mi), Marlette (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Rich Township walkable?
Rich Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rich 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 Rich Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rich 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.