Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of St. Clair Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% stay in St. Clair Township for work; outside it, Port Huron is the main destination (9%, 11 miles). 946 jobs are based in St. Clair Township for 3,405 working residents. Measured by household income, St. Clair Township is ahead of 71% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: St. Clair Township in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside St. Clair Township
60% of St. Clair Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in St. Clair Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
St. Clair Township is a place people come home to
There are 946 jobs based in St. Clair Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Clair Township has about 4,700 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
St. Clair Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in St. Clair Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs St. Clair Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in St. Clair Township pay little
28% of the jobs based in St. Clair Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 37% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for St. Clair Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Clair Township is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #231 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds St. Clair Township’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.3%, U.S. 5.2%). 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Clair Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
St. Clair Township works in goods: 38% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Clair Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,216 → 946. 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 St. Clair Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through St. Clair Township
On a workday 3,315 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 856 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in St. Clair Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The towns that employ St. Clair Township’s residents
Where St. Clair Township clocks in
Lines 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.
The daily trip from St. Clair Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Clair Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,138 commuters (the 11% 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.
Miles to work from St. Clair Township
About 18% 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.
For most of St. Clair Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Clair Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #570 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place St. Clair Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,519 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). 2.9% of St. Clair Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Clair Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Clair Township next to U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,700: 1,165th of 3,205 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Plymouth MI | 9,164 | $112K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,163 | Cortland OH | 7,024 | $72K | 9.8% | 1.0% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,164 | Richland Hills TX | 8,529 | $67K | 8.5% | 3.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,165 | St. Clair Township MI | 7,159 | $93K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,166 | Windcrest TX | 5,809 | $90K | 10.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,167 | South Berwick ME | 7,941 | $100K | 3.4% | 5.1% | 11% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,205 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 St. Clair Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
St. Clair Township and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to St. Clair (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Clair Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Clair Township | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $93,068 |
| St. Clair | 7% | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $69,688 |
| Kimball Township | under 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $71,047 |
| Marysville | 6% | B | C+ | 25 min | $66,901 |
| China Township | under 3% | B | D | 30 min | $98,879 |
| Columbus Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $93,844 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Clair 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 St. Clair Township: questions
What is the median household income in St. Clair Township?
$93,068 (±$14,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Clair Township?
5.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Clair Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Clair Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Huron (9%, 11 mi), St. Clair (7%, 4 mi), Detroit (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is St. Clair Township walkable?
St. Clair Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Clair 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 St. Clair Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Clair 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.