Sebewa Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Measured by household income, Sebewa Township is ahead of 73% of U.S. towns. Employers in Sebewa Township report 64 jobs, and 426 of its residents work somewhere. Sebewa 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
Work in Sebewa Township: the figures worth knowing
Sebewa Township is a place people come home to
There are 64 jobs based in Sebewa Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sebewa Township has about 790 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sebewa Township and Odessa Township trade workers both ways
Odessa Township is the top workplace for Sebewa Township residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Sebewa Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sebewa Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 426 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Sebewa Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Sebewa Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sebewa Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Sebewa 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, Sebewa Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves Sebewa Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Sebewa Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Odessa Township
Where Sebewa Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Time on the road from Sebewa Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sebewa Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 625 commuters (the 11% 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.
Goods, not services: 48% of the jobs in Sebewa Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sebewa Township, 2011 → 2021: 95 → 64. 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 Sebewa Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Sebewa Township
About 18% 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 Sebewa Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sebewa Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 706 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). 0.0% of Sebewa Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sebewa Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sebewa Township is 455th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 453 | Prospect PA | 1,086 | $88K | 5.8% | 5.1% | 1% | A− |
| 454 | Clinton MT | 1,040 | $104K | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 455 | Sebewa Township MI | 1,147 | $96K | 4.8% | 4.7% | <1% | A− |
| 456 | Belmont Estates VA | 1,162 | $87K | 6.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 457 | Walnut Creek NC | 1,119 | $166K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Sebewa Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
16% of Sebewa Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sebewa Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebewa Township | – | A− | D | 30 min | $95,500 |
| Orange Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $91,667 |
| Odessa Township | 16% | B− | B− | 27 min | $78,281 |
| Sunfield Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 29 min | $77,750 |
| Danby Township | under 3% | A− | D | 24 min | $92,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Odessa Township. Darker towns draw more of Sebewa 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 Sebewa Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sebewa Township?
$95,500 (±$22,913) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sebewa Township?
4.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sebewa Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sebewa Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Odessa Township (16%, 6 mi), Grand Rapids (11%, 34 mi), Wyoming (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sebewa Township walkable?
Sebewa Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sebewa Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sebewa Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sebewa 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.