Sheridan Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 553 jobs in Sheridan Township for 1,041 working residents. Sheridan Township grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 4% work in Sheridan Township itself; outside it, Fremont draws the most (16%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sheridan Township apart on work
How Sheridan Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sheridan Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #362 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Sheridan Township’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sheridan Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Out of Sheridan Township to work: where people go
Where Sheridan Township clocks in
16% of workers
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.
Who works in Sheridan Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 995 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Sheridan Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Sheridan Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sheridan Township, 2011 → 2021: 241 → 553. 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 Sheridan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Sheridan Township takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sheridan Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,123 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sheridan Township
About 17% 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.
Few in Sheridan Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sheridan Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #350 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,214 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). 2.4% of Sheridan Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sheridan Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Sheridan Township is 2,058th 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,056 | Trainer PA | 1,972 | $81K | 23.9% | 5.6% | 2% | B− |
| 2,057 | Winfield WV | 2,381 | $103K | 15.9% | 2.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,058 | Sheridan Township MI | 2,581 | $76K | 8.1% | 2.7% | 4% | B− |
| 2,059 | Henrietta Township OH | 1,800 | $72K | 8.1% | 4.4% | 4% | B− |
| 2,060 | Coolspring Township PA | 2,076 | $88K | 9.4% | 3.9% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Sheridan Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Sheridan Township and its neighbors: 18% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sheridan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan Township | – | B− | C+ | 21 min | $76,042 |
| Fremont | 16% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $57,452 |
| Bridgeton Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $62,228 |
| Garfield Township | under 2% | B | C | 35 min | $84,688 |
| Holton Township | under 2% | B− | D | 26 min | $72,910 |
| Dayton Township | 2% | B | C+ | 24 min | $81,635 |
| Ashland Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 30 min | $67,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fremont. Darker towns draw more of Sheridan 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 Sheridan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sheridan Township?
$76,042 (±$15,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sheridan Township?
8.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sheridan Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sheridan Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (16%, 3 mi), Grand Rapids (9%, 36 mi), Muskegon (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sheridan Township walkable?
Sheridan Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sheridan Township without a car?
0% 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 Sheridan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sheridan 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.