Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Summerfield Township works elsewhere
Only 6% work in Summerfield Township; the top destination outside it is Toledo (14%, 16 miles). There are 598 jobs in Summerfield Township, against 1,401 working residents. Summerfield Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Summerfield Township, in a few figures
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Summerfield Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Summerfield Township is better than 69% of U.S. towns, #241 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Summerfield Township’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.5%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Summerfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Getting to work from Summerfield Township takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summerfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,123 commuters (the 9% 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.
Summerfield Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,312 residents head out to work, 89 work right here, and 509 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Summerfield Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 places Summerfield Township commutes to
Where Summerfield Township clocks in
14% 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 Summerfield Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summerfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 475 → 598. 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 Summerfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Summerfield Township
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.
In Summerfield Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Summerfield Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #301 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,230 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). 1.9% of Summerfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Summerfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,321st of 4,698: where Summerfield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 155 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 1,319 | Sweeny TX | 3,594 | $73K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,320 | Clinton WI | 2,336 | $72K | 5.9% | 4.2% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,321 | Summerfield Township MI | 3,195 | $93K | 14.5% | 2.3% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,322 | Richmond Township PA | 3,751 | $76K | 8.5% | 3.3% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,323 | Bart Township PA | 3,269 | $75K | 11.5% | 0.4% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Summerfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Summerfield Township
The biggest share goes to Dundee Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summerfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summerfield Township | – | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $92,788 |
| Dundee Township | 4% | A− | B− | 29 min | $86,789 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 33 min | $77,065 |
| Ida Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 32 min | $108,293 |
| Whiteford Township | under 3% | A | D | 24 min | $100,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summerfield 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 Summerfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Summerfield Township?
$92,788 (±$9,896) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summerfield Township?
14.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summerfield Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summerfield Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (14%, 16 mi), Dundee Township (4%, 6 mi), Bedford Township (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Summerfield Township walkable?
Summerfield Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summerfield Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summerfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summerfield 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.