With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Roxand Township works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Roxand Township itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (23%, 17 miles). Employers in Roxand Township report 143 jobs, against 737 working residents. Roxand Township grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Roxand Township in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Roxand Township
On income, poverty and job access, Roxand Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Roxand 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, Roxand Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Who commutes out of Roxand Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 724 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Roxand 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.
The places Roxand Township commutes to
Where Roxand Township clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
A place that makes things: 66% of Roxand Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roxand Township, 2011 → 2021: 121 → 143. 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 Roxand Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Roxand Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roxand Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 700 commuters (the 19% 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.
Where in the region Roxand Township works
About 17% 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 Roxand Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roxand Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Roxand 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 861 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). 0.4% of Roxand Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Roxand Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
862nd of 6,085: where Roxand Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 104 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 218 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 860 | Weston MO | 1,855 | $89K | 5.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A− |
| 861 | Hollis Township IL | 1,789 | $87K | 5.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A− |
| 862 | Roxand Township MI | 1,755 | $96K | 5.3% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 863 | Sugar Creek Township OH | 1,203 | $100K | 4.4% | 0.4% | 3% | A− |
| 864 | Black Creek Township PA | 1,967 | $90K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Roxand Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Roxand Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roxand Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxand Township | – | A− | D | 28 min | $95,625 |
| Sunfield Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 29 min | $77,750 |
| Oneida Township | under 2% | A− | D | 23 min | $93,214 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | B | C+ | 27 min | $74,342 |
| Danby Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $92,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roxand 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 Roxand Township: questions
What is the median household income in Roxand Township?
$95,625 (±$18,721) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roxand Township?
5.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roxand Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roxand Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (23%, 17 mi), Delta Township (12%, 12 mi), Charlotte (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Roxand Township walkable?
Roxand Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roxand Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roxand Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roxand 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.