Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Sanilac Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
3% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Sanilac Township has 194 jobs for 757 working residents. For jobs and income Sanilac Township is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sanilac Township stands out on work
Sanilac Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Sanilac Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 757 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Sanilac Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Sanilac Township’s grade up (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Sanilac 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, Sanilac Township could be anywhere from D− to C.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sanilac Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 930 commuters (the 3% 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.
How far Sanilac Township’s workers travel
About 32% 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.
How many people are in Sanilac Township by day
On a workday 684 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Sanilac Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where people from Sanilac Township work
Where Sanilac Township clocks in
12% 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.
What Sanilac Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sanilac Township, 2011 → 2021: 160 → 194. 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 Sanilac Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sanilac Township is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 959 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 Sanilac Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sanilac Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sanilac Township places 4,469th of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,467 | Oakland MD | 1,808 | $53K | 17.5% | 3.2% | 28% | D |
| 4,468 | Hooks TX | 2,490 | $44K | 25.2% | 5.8% | 9% | D |
| 4,469 | Sanilac Township MI | 2,281 | $57K | 11.6% | 2.6% | 10% | D |
| 4,470 | Douglass Township MI | 2,342 | $67K | 13.1% | 8.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,471 | Port Barre LA | 1,741 | $41K | 21.9% | 4.4% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Sanilac Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Sanilac Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sanilac Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanilac Township | – | D | D | 34 min | $56,835 |
| Port Sanilac | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Washington Township | under 3% | D | D | 38 min | $66,282 |
| Forester Township | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Sanilac and Forester Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sanilac 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 Sanilac Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sanilac Township?
$56,835 (±$9,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sanilac Township?
11.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sanilac Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sanilac Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (12%, 12 mi), Croswell (7%, 9 mi), Worth Township (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sanilac Township walkable?
Sanilac Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sanilac 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 Sanilac Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sanilac 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.