With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Riley Township works elsewhere
Riley Township has 152 jobs, against 1,492 working residents. Jobs and income earn Riley Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 1% work in Riley Township; the top destination outside it is Clinton Township (6%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Riley Township apart on work
Riley Township is a place people come home to
There are 152 jobs based in Riley Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riley Township has about 1,900 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Riley Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 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.
What’s behind Riley Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Riley Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #126 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Riley Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riley Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who works in Riley Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,470 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Riley Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Riley Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riley Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,440 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.
Commuting out of Riley Township: the destinations
Where Riley Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Goods jobs make up 59% of work in Riley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riley Township, 2011 → 2021: 267 → 152. 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 Riley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Riley Township commutes less than 25 miles
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 Riley Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riley Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #680 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Riley 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 1,578 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). 2.3% of Riley Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Riley Township places 691st of 4,698 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 689 | Chikaming Township MI | 2,752 | $84K | 5.5% | 0.0% | 18% | A− |
| 690 | Clinton Township PA | 2,824 | $85K | 5.3% | 1.9% | 9% | A− |
| 691 | Riley Township MI | 3,196 | $97K | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1% | A− |
| 692 | Hope Township MI | 3,218 | $99K | 5.6% | 0.9% | 4% | A− |
| 693 | High Ridge MO | 3,714 | $71K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Riley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Riley Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Township | – | A− | D− | 34 min | $97,262 |
| Wales Township | under 3% | C | D− | 37 min | $90,417 |
| Berlin Township | under 3% | B | D | 36 min | $93,948 |
| Richmond Township | under 3% | B | D | 32 min | $126,450 |
| Memphis | under 3% | D | B− | 38 min | $57,222 |
| Emmett Township | under 3% | B | C | 41 min | $96,809 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riley 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 Riley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riley Township?
$97,262 (±$25,794) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riley Township?
2.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riley Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riley Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (6%, 25 mi), Port Huron (4%, 19 mi), Detroit (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Riley Township walkable?
Riley Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riley 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.