Selma Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Selma Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 114 jobs are based in Selma Township for 727 working residents. Hardly any work in Selma Township itself; outside it, Cadillac draws the most (35%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Selma Township: the figures worth knowing
Selma Township is a place people come home to
There are 114 jobs based in Selma Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Selma Township has about 1,700 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Selma Township and Cadillac trade workers both ways
Cadillac is the top workplace for Selma Township residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Selma Township come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Selma Township’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 26 minutes, longer than the Michigan average of 24. 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 727 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Selma Township
On income, poverty and job access, Selma Township is better than 19% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Selma Township’s grade up (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (15.9%) is left out: Selma 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, Selma Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
A workday in Selma Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 723 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Selma Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Selma Township goes to work
Where Selma 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.
Getting to work from Selma Township takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Selma Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 633 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.
In Selma Township, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Selma Township, 2011 → 2021: 120 → 114. 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 Selma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Selma Township
About 22% 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.
In Selma Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Selma Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 715 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 Selma Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Selma Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Selma Township is 4,033rd among 5,328 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 4,031 | Galva IL | 2,383 | $52K | 18.8% | 3.8% | 24% | C− |
| 4,032 | Osceola WI | 2,890 | $53K | 14.1% | 7.4% | 19% | C− |
| 4,033 | Selma Township MI | 2,267 | $65K | 11.7% | 15.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,034 | Oppenheim NY | 1,760 | $69K | 15.7% | 8.1% | 3% | C− |
| 4,035 | Spencer NY | 2,857 | $63K | 14.4% | 5.3% | 9% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Selma Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Selma Township and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Haring Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Selma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selma Township | – | C− | D | 26 min | $65,217 |
| Boon Township | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Colfax Township | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Haring Township | 10% | B− | C | 25 min | $74,563 |
| Cherry Grove Township | 6% | B+ | D | 27 min | $97,177 |
Same-state neighbors only. Boon Township and Colfax Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Selma 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 Selma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Selma Township?
$65,217 (±$19,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Selma Township?
11.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Selma Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Selma Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (35%, 5 mi), Haring Township (10%, 6 mi), Cherry Grove Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Selma Township walkable?
Selma Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Selma 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 Selma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Selma 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.