Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Households in Sharon Township have higher incomes than those in 81% of U.S. towns
Only 2% stay in Sharon Township for work; outside it, Ann Arbor is the main destination (23%, 19 miles). Below the poverty line: 5.1% of residents, against 13.2% across Michigan. For jobs and income Sharon Township is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sharon Township and work: the main findings
Sharon Township makes and builds things
94% of the jobs based in Sharon Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sharon Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Sharon Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 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 788 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Sharon Township’s grade
Household income is its strongest input ($105,865, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Sharon 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, Sharon Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Sharon Township works in goods: 94% of its jobs
680 jobs are based in Sharon Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharon Township, 2011 → 2021: 138 → 680. 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 Sharon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Sharon Township: about 33 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 689 commuters (the 16% 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.
Sharon Township by day and by night
On a workday 769 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 661 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 (0.86 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.
Out of Sharon Township to work: where people go
Where Sharon Township clocks in
23% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
How far Sharon Township goes to work
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.
Most of Sharon Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 820 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.3% of Sharon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sharon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sharon Township is 585th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 104 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 218 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 583 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| 584 | Ben Avon PA | 1,824 | $103K | 7.2% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 585 | Sharon Township MI | 1,774 | $106K | 5.1% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 586 | West Cornwall Township PA | 2,072 | $85K | 5.0% | 4.7% | 4% | A− |
| 587 | Lake Lorelei OH | 1,746 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Sharon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Sharon Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sharon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Township | – | A− | C− | 33 min | $105,865 |
| Sylvan Township | under 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $102,656 |
| Freedom Township | under 3% | A− | C | 28 min | $112,969 |
| Manchester Township | 2% | B | C | 32 min | $84,732 |
| Grass Lake Township | under 3% | A | B | 25 min | $95,692 |
| Norvell Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 32 min | $99,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manchester Township. Darker towns draw more of Sharon 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 Sharon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sharon Township?
$105,865 (±$11,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharon Township?
5.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharon Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharon Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (23%, 19 mi), Pittsfield Township (6%, 19 mi), Chelsea (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sharon Township walkable?
Sharon Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sharon Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharon 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.