Indian Mission · Photo: Jon Roanhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Sebewaing Township earn less than those in 83% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Sebewaing Township are C− for jobs and income and A− for walkability. Poverty touches 9.6% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. Home is the office for 4% of workers (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sebewaing Township and work: the main findings
Sebewaing Township makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Sebewaing Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sebewaing Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
The quickest commute around
Sebewaing Township’s 20-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 23 to 27 minutes. Next door ↓
Few Sebewaing Township workers work from home
Only 4% 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sebewaing Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sebewaing Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #585 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Sebewaing Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Sebewaing Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
Sebewaing Township works in goods: 43% of its jobs
894 jobs are based in Sebewaing Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sebewaing Township, 2011 → 2021: 797 → 894. 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 Sebewaing Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sebewaing Township’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sebewaing Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,171 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.
Who commutes out of Sebewaing Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 873 residents head out to work, 201 work right here, and 693 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Winsor Township
Where Sebewaing Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Sebewaing Township works
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.
Sebewaing Township is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sebewaing Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #76 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,213 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). 9.8% of Sebewaing Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sebewaing Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sebewaing Township is 3,689th among 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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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| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 230 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,687 | Mannington WV | 1,910 | $54K | 10.5% | 3.2% | 8% | C− |
| 3,688 | Kearney Township MI | 1,866 | $72K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 20% | C− |
| 3,689 | Sebewaing Township MI | 2,602 | $54K | 9.6% | 4.2% | 19% | C− |
| 3,690 | Dansville NY | 1,816 | $69K | 11.4% | 3.5% | 4% | C− |
| 3,691 | Mecca Township OH | 2,315 | $54K | 12.7% | 3.9% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Sebewaing Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Sebewaing Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Brookfield Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sebewaing Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebewaing Township | – | C− | A− | 20 min | $53,849 |
| Fairhaven Township | under 2% | D | C | 27 min | $60,500 |
| Brookfield Township | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Akron Township | under 2% | C | C− | 23 min | $69,318 |
| Columbia Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 26 min | $84,219 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sebewaing 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 Sebewaing Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sebewaing Township?
$53,849 (±$10,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sebewaing Township?
9.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sebewaing Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sebewaing Township work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Winsor Township (14%, 8 mi), Caro (6%, 16 mi), Bay City (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sebewaing Township walkable?
Sebewaing Township is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sebewaing Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sebewaing Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sebewaing 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.