With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Silver Creek Township works elsewhere
There are 406 jobs in Silver Creek Township, against 1,000 working residents. The two grades for Silver Creek Township are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% stay in Silver Creek Township for work; outside it, Dowagiac is the main destination (10%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Silver Creek Township: the gist
The figures behind Silver Creek Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Silver Creek Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns, #342 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Silver Creek Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% 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 two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Silver Creek Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Silver Creek Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Creek Township, 2011 → 2021: 250 → 406. 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 Silver Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Silver Creek Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 949 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Silver Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of Silver Creek Township: the destinations
Where Silver Creek Township clocks in
10% 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.
Getting to work from Silver Creek Township takes about 21 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 Silver Creek Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,283 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where in the region Silver Creek 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.
In Silver Creek Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silver Creek Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #442 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,412 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). 6.8% of Silver Creek Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silver Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Silver Creek Township is 1,942nd of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,940 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,941 | Hebron OH | 2,405 | $67K | 8.9% | 4.4% | 6% | B |
| 1,942 | Silver Creek Township MI | 3,041 | $81K | 8.1% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,943 | Bergen NY | 3,120 | $75K | 10.3% | 4.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,944 | Fairfield Township OH | 3,653 | $73K | 7.0% | 2.1% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Silver Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Silver Creek Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silver Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Township | – | B | C | 21 min | $80,894 |
| Dowagiac | 10% | D | A− | 23 min | $48,166 |
| Keeler Township | 4% | C | C+ | 22 min | $59,205 |
| Pokagon Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 23 min | $72,022 |
| Pipestone Township | under 2% | B− | D | 22 min | $72,533 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dowagiac. Darker towns draw more of Silver Creek 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 Silver Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Creek Township?
$80,894 (±$9,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Creek Township?
8.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Creek Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Creek Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dowagiac (10%, 4 mi), LaGrange Township (5%, 10 mi), Elkhart (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Silver Creek Township walkable?
Silver Creek Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silver Creek Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silver Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Creek 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.