With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Speaker Township works elsewhere
There are 159 jobs in Speaker Township, and 447 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Speaker Township D; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Speaker Township
Where Speaker Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Speaker Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Speaker Township’s grade up (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (12.2%) is left out: Speaker 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, Speaker Township could be anywhere from D to C−.
From Speaker Township, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Speaker Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 8% 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 Speaker Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Speaker Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
11% of working residents work in Sandusky
Where Speaker Township clocks in
11% 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.
Speaker Township makes things: 86% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Speaker Township, 2011 → 2021: 20 → 159. 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 Speaker Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Speaker Township
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Speaker Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Speaker Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 558 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). 2.8% of Speaker Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Speaker Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Speaker Township is 4,253rd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,251 | Ranchester WY | 1,170 | $69K | 16.8% | 1.5% | 5% | D |
| 4,252 | Jasper Township IL | 1,723 | $64K | 15.3% | 2.7% | 3% | D |
| 4,253 | Speaker Township MI | 1,330 | $54K | 11.1% | 12.2% | 2% | D |
| 4,254 | Hopkinton NY | 1,075 | $61K | 12.9% | 5.4% | 3% | D |
| 4,255 | Discovery Harbour HI | 1,079 | $61K | 12.0% | 10.6% | 0% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Speaker Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Speaker Township
The biggest share goes to Elk Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Speaker Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker Township | – | D | C− | 35 min | $54,074 |
| Fremont Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Elk Township | 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $62,266 |
| Brockway Township | under 3% | C | C− | 41 min | $81,813 |
| Maple Valley Township | under 3% | D | C+ | 36 min | $60,938 |
| Lynn Township | under 3% | C− | D− | 41 min | $72,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fremont Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Speaker 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 Speaker Township: questions
What is the median household income in Speaker Township?
$54,074 (±$6,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Speaker Township?
11.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Speaker Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Speaker Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (11%, 16 mi), Croswell (9%, 11 mi), Port Huron (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Speaker Township walkable?
Speaker Township is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Speaker 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 Speaker Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Speaker 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.