More people are out of work in Rives Township (8.9%) than in 92% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Rives Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% stay in Rives Township for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (20%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Rives Township
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Rives Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rives Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #452 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Rives Township’s grade up ($85,960, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
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, poverty and unemployment, Rives Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
How many people are in Rives Township by day
On a workday 1,650 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Rives Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.11 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 Rives Township to work: where people go
Where Rives Township clocks in
20% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 34% of the jobs in Rives Township
189 jobs are based in Rives Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rives Township, 2011 → 2021: 185 → 189. 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 Rives Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Rives Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rives Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,985 commuters (the 6% 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 Rives Township to work
About 16% 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.
For most of Rives Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rives Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #664 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Rives 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 2,115 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). 2.5% of Rives Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rives Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500, Rives Township comes 2,273rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 51 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 122 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 2,271 | South Haven MI | 4,002 | $68K | 15.8% | 2.9% | 27% | C+ |
| 2,272 | Jerome Township MI | 4,613 | $80K | 12.8% | 4.6% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,273 | Rives Township MI | 4,794 | $86K | 10.5% | 8.9% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,274 | Liverpool Township OH | 3,771 | $67K | 8.0% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,275 | Montesano WA | 4,181 | $68K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
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| 3,753 | 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 Rives Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
17% of Rives Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rives Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rives Township | – | C+ | D | 24 min | $85,960 |
| Tompkins Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 31 min | $86,551 |
| Henrietta Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 29 min | $81,339 |
| Blackman Township | 17% | B− | C | 18 min | $60,810 |
| Leslie Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $92,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blackman Township. Darker towns draw more of Rives 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 Rives Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rives Township?
$85,960 (±$17,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rives Township?
10.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rives Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rives Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (20%, 9 mi), Blackman Township (17%, 5 mi), Summit Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Rives Township walkable?
Rives Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rives Township without a car?
<1% 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 Rives Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rives 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.