Sciota Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
65 jobs are based in Sciota Township; 591 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Sciota Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). Hardly any work in Sciota Township itself; outside it, Owosso draws the most (9%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Sciota Township stands out on work
Sciota Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Sciota Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sciota Township has about 1,200 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% 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 ↓
Sciota Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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; with 591 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Sciota Township’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sciota Township’s grade. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Sciota 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sciota Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Who leaves Sciota Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 587 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Sciota Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Half of Sciota Township commutes less than 19 miles
About 31% 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.
Time on the road from Sciota Township: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sciota Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 711 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.
Out of Sciota Township to work: where people go
Where Sciota Township clocks in
9% 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.
37% of the jobs in Sciota Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sciota Township, 2011 → 2021: 38 → 65. 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 Sciota Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Sciota Township is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 794 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). 2.0% of Sciota Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sciota Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sciota Township is 1,899th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 249 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,897 | Burgettstown PA | 1,390 | $53K | 5.7% | 6.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,898 | Willow Springs Township KS | 1,576 | $91K | 12.5% | 0.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,899 | Sciota Township MI | 1,680 | $83K | 10.5% | 2.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,900 | Fife Lake Township MI | 1,553 | $83K | 4.2% | 3.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,901 | Donegal Township PA | 1,775 | $80K | 6.3% | 5.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Sciota Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Sciota Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Laingsburg (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sciota Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciota Township | – | B | C− | 29 min | $83,000 |
| Laingsburg | 3% | C+ | C | 28 min | $77,400 |
| Bennington Township | under 3% | A | D− | 26 min | $101,078 |
| Woodhull Township | under 3% | A | D | 28 min | $94,301 |
| Victor Township | under 3% | B | D− | 29 min | $106,343 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sciota 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 Sciota Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sciota Township?
$83,000 (±$18,655) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sciota Township?
10.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sciota Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sciota Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (9%, 10 mi), East Lansing (6%, 14 mi), Caledonia Township (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sciota Township walkable?
Sciota Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sciota 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 Sciota Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sciota 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.