Rock S. Edwards Farmstead · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Sodus Township (4.9%) than in 60% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Sodus Township itself; outside it, Benton Township draws the most (17%, 6 miles). Sodus Township grades B for jobs and income and B for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sodus Township: the figures worth knowing
Sodus Township makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Sodus Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sodus Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Sodus Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan 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 778 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Sodus Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sodus Township is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sodus Township’s grade up (7.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
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, Sodus Township could be anywhere from C to A.
In Sodus Township, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
506 jobs are based in Sodus Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sodus Township, 2011 → 2021: 600 → 506. 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 Sodus Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Sodus Township: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sodus Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 903 commuters (the 6% 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.
Who commutes out of Sodus Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 739 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Sodus Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Sodus Township to work: where people go
Where Sodus Township clocks in
8% 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 Sodus Township goes to work
About 23% 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.
Driving is how Sodus Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sodus Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 960 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). 5.1% of Sodus Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sodus Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sodus Township next to U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700: 1,848th of 5,509 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,846 | Gore Township KS | 1,970 | $70K | 9.1% | 7.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,847 | Ely Township MI | 1,939 | $100K | 5.0% | 2.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,848 | Sodus Township MI | 1,977 | $78K | 7.4% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,849 | Winsted MN | 2,209 | $67K | 11.3% | 0.8% | 12% | B |
| 1,850 | Roseto PA | 1,603 | $75K | 9.6% | 6.3% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Sodus Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 23% of Sodus Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sodus Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sodus Township | – | B | B | 17 min | $78,402 |
| Royalton Township | 2% | A | C− | 17 min | $128,750 |
| Oronoko Township | 4% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $60,175 |
| Benton Township | 17% | D | B− | 18 min | $38,688 |
| Pipestone Township | under 3% | B− | D | 22 min | $72,533 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Benton Township. Darker towns draw more of Sodus 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 Sodus Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sodus Township?
$78,402 (±$7,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sodus Township?
7.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sodus Township?
17 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sodus Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton Township (17%, 6 mi), St. Joseph (8%, 8 mi), Grand Rapids (5%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sodus Township walkable?
Sodus Township is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sodus Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sodus Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sodus 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.