Jobs and earnings in Riverside Township, and the trip to work
Poverty touches 2.7% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. For jobs and income Riverside Township is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 5% work in Riverside Township itself; outside it, Cadillac draws the most (18%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Riverside Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Riverside Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Riverside 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, Riverside Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Who leaves Riverside Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 352 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Out of Riverside Township to work: where people go
Where Riverside 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.
A place that makes things: 39% of Riverside Township’s jobs are in goods
264 jobs are based in Riverside Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside Township, 2011 → 2021: 55 → 264. 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 Riverside Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Riverside Township, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 494 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Riverside Township
About 15% 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 Riverside Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 12.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 560 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). 12.0% of Riverside Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riverside Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,279th of 3,771: where Riverside Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,277 | Jackson Township IN | 1,190 | $69K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B− |
| 1,278 | Jefferson Township IN | 1,390 | $56K | 4.8% | 3.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,279 | Riverside Township MI | 1,141 | $72K | 2.7% | 0.5% | 5% | B− |
| 1,280 | Lyles TN | 1,385 | $68K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 0% | B− |
| 1,281 | Gridley IL | 1,428 | $67K | 5.7% | 2.6% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Riverside Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Riverside Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Clam Union Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Township | – | B− | B+ | 21 min | $72,188 |
| McBain | 7% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Reeder Township | 2% | C− | B+ | 21 min | $69,000 |
| Clam Union Township | 9% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Marion Township | under 3% | D− | D | 30 min | $43,547 |
| Richland Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 18 min | $88,295 |
Same-state neighbors only. McBain and Clam Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riverside 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 Riverside Township: questions
What is the median household income in Riverside Township?
$72,188 (±$14,218) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverside Township?
2.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverside Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (18%, 15 mi), Clam Union Township (9%, 6 mi), McBain (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Riverside Township walkable?
Riverside Township is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverside Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside 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.