Spaulding Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 43% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are lower than in 71% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Only 5% work in Spaulding Township; the top destination outside it is Saginaw (21%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Spaulding Township
Spaulding Township and Saginaw trade workers both ways
Saginaw is the top workplace for Spaulding Township residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Spaulding Township come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Spaulding Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Spaulding Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 22% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Few Spaulding Township workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 672 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Spaulding Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Spaulding Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Spaulding Township’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,518, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Spaulding Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 and poverty, Spaulding Township could be anywhere from C to B.
21% of working residents work in Saginaw
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Spaulding Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Spaulding Township makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
273 jobs are based in Spaulding Township. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spaulding Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spaulding Township, 2011 → 2021: 161 → 273. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spaulding Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 710 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Spaulding Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 240 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Spaulding Township on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.41 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.
Half of Spaulding Township commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24% 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.
Most trips from Spaulding Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spaulding Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 743 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). 6.3% of Spaulding Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spaulding Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Spaulding Township is 2,756th of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Spaulding Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
| # | 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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| 109 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 223 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 2,754 | Union ME | 2,444 | $81K | 10.2% | 3.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,755 | Shelburne MA | 1,868 | $83K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,756 | Spaulding Township MI | 1,914 | $62K | 11.4% | 4.4% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,757 | Boyne Valley Township MI | 1,436 | $77K | 6.8% | 4.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,758 | Covert NY | 2,102 | $76K | 7.6% | 2.5% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
25% of Spaulding Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Saginaw (21%). Darker towns draw more of Spaulding Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spaulding Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spaulding Township | – | C+ | C+ | 22 min | $61,518 |
| Saginaw | 21% | D | B+ | 19 min | $38,579 |
| James Township | under 2% | B− | D | 28 min | $70,000 |
| Albee Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $61,193 |
| Bridgeport Township | 4% | C− | C− | 27 min | $52,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Spaulding Township: questions
What is the median household income in Spaulding Township?
$61,518 (±$2,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spaulding Township?
11.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spaulding Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spaulding Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (21%, 6 mi), Saginaw Township (11%, 8 mi), Frankenmuth (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Spaulding Township walkable?
Spaulding Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spaulding Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spaulding Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spaulding 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.