With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Scipio Township works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. There are 241 jobs in Scipio Township; 805 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Scipio Township are C for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Scipio Township at work: what stands out
Scipio Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Scipio Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Scipio Township’s grade.
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Scipio 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, Scipio Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who commutes out of Scipio Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 789 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Scipio Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
16% of working residents work in Hillsdale
Where Scipio Township clocks in
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.
Scipio Township works in goods: 89% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Scipio Township, 2011 → 2021: 50 → 241. 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 Scipio Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Scipio Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Scipio Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 780 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.
Miles to work from Scipio Township
About 26% 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.
The commute in Scipio Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Scipio Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 828 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). 1.8% of Scipio Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Scipio Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Scipio Township is 3,122nd of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,120 | Weston OH | 1,486 | $61K | 12.6% | 5.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,121 | Cascade Locks OR | 1,367 | $70K | 8.2% | 5.6% | 5% | C |
| 3,122 | Scipio Township MI | 1,855 | $68K | 10.3% | 6.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,123 | Lemonweir WI | 1,645 | $76K | 11.3% | 3.1% | 3% | C |
| 3,124 | New Market AL | 1,314 | $63K | 10.1% | 2.3% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Scipio Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Scipio Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Scipio Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scipio Township | – | C | C− | 27 min | $67,609 |
| Fayette Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 19 min | $76,328 |
| Moscow Township | under 2% | C− | D | 26 min | $58,603 |
| Pulaski Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 29 min | $76,625 |
| Litchfield Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 24 min | $59,022 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Scipio 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 Scipio Township: questions
What is the median household income in Scipio Township?
$67,609 (±$11,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Scipio Township?
10.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Scipio Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Scipio Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsdale (16%, 8 mi), Jonesville (6%, 5 mi), Jackson (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Scipio Township walkable?
Scipio Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Scipio 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 Scipio Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Scipio 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.