With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rollin Township works elsewhere
Employers in Rollin Township report 199 jobs for 1,163 working residents. Rollin Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% work in Rollin Township; the top destination outside it is Adrian (12%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rollin Township at work: what stands out
Rollin Township is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Rollin Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rollin Township has about 2,100 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Rollin Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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.
Inside Rollin Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rollin Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #440 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Rollin Township’s grade up ($79,736, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rollin Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
In and out of Rollin Township on a workday
On a workday 1,107 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Rollin Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 30 minutes to work from Rollin Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rollin Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,379 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.
Commuting out of Rollin Township: the destinations
Where Rollin Township clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Rollin Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rollin Township, 2011 → 2021: 185 → 199. 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 Rollin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rollin Township
About 21% 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.
Rollin Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rollin Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #378 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,468 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). 4.6% of Rollin Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rollin Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rollin Township is 2,582nd of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,580 | Dallas PA | 2,685 | $91K | 16.7% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,581 | Levant ME | 3,289 | $86K | 9.0% | 4.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,582 | Rollin Township MI | 3,020 | $80K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,583 | Tompkins Township MI | 2,641 | $87K | 9.3% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,584 | Madison NH | 2,728 | $103K | 4.7% | 7.3% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Rollin Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Rollin Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Woodstock Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rollin Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollin Township | – | C+ | C | 30 min | $79,736 |
| Woodstock Township | 3% | B− | D | 33 min | $69,038 |
| Rome Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 34 min | $83,929 |
| Hudson Township | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $54,471 |
| Wheatland Township | under 3% | C | D | 28 min | $74,783 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rollin 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 Rollin Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rollin Township?
$79,736 (±$12,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rollin Township?
9.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rollin Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rollin Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (12%, 13 mi), Jackson (8%, 22 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Rollin Township walkable?
Rollin Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rollin Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rollin Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rollin 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.