Most of Riga Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Riga Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). 70 jobs are based in Riga Township; 412 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Riga Township for work; outside it, Blissfield Township is the main destination (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Riga Township: the gist
The four measures behind Riga Township’s grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Riga 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Riga Township could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily flow of workers through Riga Township
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Riga Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 towns that employ Riga Township’s residents
Where Riga Township clocks in
12% 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.
In Riga Township, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riga Township, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 70. 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 Riga Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Riga Township takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riga Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 462 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.
Half of Riga Township commutes less than 16 miles
About 20% 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.
The commute in Riga Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riga Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Riga Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 542 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). 0.6% of Riga Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riga Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Riga Township comes 582nd 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 580 | Farmersville OH | 1,006 | $80K | 3.6% | 5.6% | 1% | A− |
| 581 | Riverside PA | 1,991 | $84K | 4.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 582 | Riga Township MI | 1,489 | $86K | 2.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A− |
| 583 | Milaca Township MN | 1,702 | $100K | 4.4% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 584 | Watts Township PA | 1,266 | $94K | 3.9% | 3.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Riga Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
15% of Riga Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riga Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riga Township | – | A− | D− | 27 min | $86,131 |
| Blissfield Township | 12% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Whiteford Township | 3% | A | D | 24 min | $100,521 |
| Ogden Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Blissfield | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 29 min | $62,059 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 33 min | $77,065 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blissfield Township: not graded. Ogden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blissfield Township. Darker towns draw more of Riga 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 Riga Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riga Township?
$86,131 (±$14,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riga Township?
2.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riga Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riga Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blissfield Township (12%, 6 mi), Adrian (6%, 14 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Riga Township walkable?
Riga Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riga Township without a car?
0% 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 Riga Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riga 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.