Most of Sherman Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Sherman Township has 474 jobs for 1,479 working residents. Jobs and income earn Sherman Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 3% work in Sherman Township; the top destination outside it is Sturgis (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sherman Township, in brief
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Sherman Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherman Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #305 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Sherman Township’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, Sherman Township could be anywhere from C to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Sherman Township
On a workday 1,434 residents head out to work, 45 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Sherman Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
The towns that employ Sherman Township’s residents
Where Sherman Township clocks in
19% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Sherman Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherman Township, 2011 → 2021: 142 → 474. 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 Sherman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Sherman Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherman Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,183 commuters (the 14% 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 Sherman Township
About 20% 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.
Sherman Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherman Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #480 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,372 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). 2.7% of Sherman Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sherman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sherman Township places 1,674th of 4,535 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,672 | Pen Argyl PA | 3,468 | $76K | 15.7% | 1.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,673 | Emmett Township MI | 2,515 | $97K | 3.1% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,674 | Sherman Township MI | 3,462 | $83K | 5.4% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,675 | Sandy Township OH | 2,941 | $59K | 11.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,676 | Bloomingdale GA | 3,077 | $60K | 9.5% | 0.7% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Sherman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 28% of Sherman Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Township | – | B | C− | 21 min | $83,250 |
| Sturgis | 19% | C− | C+ | 19 min | $62,710 |
| Nottawa Township | 3% | C+ | C+ | 24 min | $62,094 |
| Burr Oak Township | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $67,273 |
| Sturgis Township | 6% | B | B− | 20 min | $69,958 |
| Florence Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 22 min | $62,868 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sturgis. Darker towns draw more of Sherman 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 Sherman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sherman Township?
$83,250 (±$17,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherman Township?
5.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherman Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherman Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sturgis (19%, 5 mi), Sturgis Township (6%, 5 mi), Elkhart (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sherman Township walkable?
Sherman Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherman Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherman 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.