Caleb Everts House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rose Township works elsewhere
385 jobs are based in Rose Township; 2,494 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Rose Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Rose Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rose Township and work: the main findings
Rose Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (31 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Rose Township’s commute
The biggest draw, Waterford Township, gets only 5% of working residents, and 64% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Rose Township residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rose Township
62% of Rose Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Rose Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Rose Township makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Rose Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rose Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
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.
How Rose Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rose Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #238 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Rose Township’s grade up ($107,262, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rose Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Getting to work from Rose Township takes about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,648 commuters (the 10% 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.
5% of working residents work in Waterford Township
Where Rose Township clocks in
5% 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.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Rose Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Township, 2011 → 2021: 250 → 385. 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 Rose Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Rose Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,402 residents head out to work, 92 work right here, and 293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Rose Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rose Township
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.
Most of Rose Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rose Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #671 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Rose 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 2,953 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.4% of Rose Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rose Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rose Township next to U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500: 1,191st of 3,349 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,189 | Selinsgrove PA | 5,488 | $66K | 5.1% | 1.8% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,190 | Horseshoe Bay TX | 5,339 | $97K | 4.3% | 2.9% | 12% | B+ |
| 1,191 | Rose Township MI | 6,268 | $107K | 6.0% | 5.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,192 | Island Lake IL | 8,047 | $103K | 6.7% | 6.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,193 | Yankee Springs Township MI | 5,462 | $85K | 8.8% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Rose Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Rose Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Holly Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rose Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Township | – | B+ | D− | 40 min | $107,262 |
| Holly Township | 3% | B− | C+ | 35 min | $75,276 |
| Tyrone Township | under 3% | A | D | 31 min | $99,770 |
| Holly | under 3% | B | B | 35 min | $64,305 |
| Springfield Township | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $110,101 |
| Highland Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $96,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rose 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 Rose Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Township?
$107,262 (±$15,853) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Township?
6.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterford Township (5%, 13 mi), Auburn Hills (5%, 20 mi), Troy (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Rose Township walkable?
Rose Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rose Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rose Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose 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.