W. H. L. McCourtie Estate · Photo: JoannaPoe · CC BY-SA 4.0Somerset Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The two grades for Somerset Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Somerset Township has 229 jobs; 1,856 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Somerset Township itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (15%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Somerset Township stands out on work
Somerset Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (23 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Somerset Township is a place people come home to
There are 229 jobs based in Somerset Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Somerset Township has about 3,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Somerset Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Somerset Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #236 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Somerset Township’s grade up (2.5%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Somerset Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Getting to work from Somerset Township takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Somerset Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,937 commuters (the 12% 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.
A workday in Somerset Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,802 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Somerset Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where Somerset Township goes to work
Where Somerset Township clocks in
15% 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.
What Somerset Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Somerset Township, 2011 → 2021: 244 → 229. 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 Somerset Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Somerset Township commutes
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.
Getting around Somerset Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Somerset Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #444 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,205 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). 3.2% of Somerset Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Somerset Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Somerset Township is 1,251st of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 52 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 119 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,249 | Dawsonville GA | 4,888 | $91K | 7.4% | 2.5% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,250 | Williams Township MI | 5,032 | $87K | 12.5% | 1.4% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,251 | Somerset Township MI | 4,606 | $89K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,252 | Washington Township OH | 4,415 | $87K | 7.5% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,253 | Cayuga Heights NY | 3,860 | $167K | 11.2% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Somerset Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Somerset Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Somerset Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Township | – | B+ | C | 36 min | $89,303 |
| Moscow Township | under 2% | C− | D | 26 min | $58,603 |
| Woodstock Township | 3% | B− | D | 33 min | $69,038 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $102,969 |
| Wheatland Township | under 2% | C | D | 28 min | $74,783 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Woodstock Township. Darker towns draw more of Somerset 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 Somerset Township: questions
What is the median household income in Somerset Township?
$89,303 (±$12,623) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Somerset Township?
6.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Somerset Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Somerset Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (15%, 15 mi), Blackman Township (6%, 18 mi), Summit Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Somerset Township walkable?
Somerset Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Somerset Township without a car?
1% 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 Somerset Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Somerset 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.