Sunfield Grand Army of the Republic Post No. 283 Hall · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Sunfield Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Sunfield Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D. Sunfield Township has 316 jobs; 788 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Sunfield Township; the top destination outside it is Lansing (13%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sunfield Township at work: what stands out
Sunfield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Sunfield Township is Lansing, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (103) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
46% of the jobs in Sunfield Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Sunfield Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Sunfield Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sunfield Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. 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; with 788 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Sunfield Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Sunfield Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Sunfield Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Sunfield 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, Sunfield Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Sunfield Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Sunfield Township makes things: 38% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sunfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 220 → 316. 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 Sunfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sunfield Township by day and by night
On a workday 763 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Sunfield Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Sunfield Township commutes to
Where Sunfield Township clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
How long Sunfield Township spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sunfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 673 commuters (the 10% 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.
Most trips from Sunfield Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sunfield Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Sunfield 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 751 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.1% of Sunfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sunfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,700th of 5,793: where Sunfield Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | 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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| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 142 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 225 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,698 | Dravosburg PA | 1,536 | $52K | 12.3% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,699 | Dallas PA | 2,685 | $91K | 16.7% | 5.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,700 | Sunfield Township MI | 2,055 | $78K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,701 | Tompkins Township MI | 2,641 | $87K | 9.3% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,702 | Stanton Township MI | 1,606 | $86K | 7.0% | 2.4% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Sunfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Sunfield Township
The biggest share goes to Vermontville Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sunfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunfield Township | – | C+ | D | 29 min | $77,750 |
| Woodland Township | under 3% | B− | B− | 25 min | $74,489 |
| Roxand Township | under 3% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,625 |
| Vermontville Township | 4% | C | C− | 33 min | $70,000 |
| Sebewa Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $95,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sunfield 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 Sunfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sunfield Township?
$77,750 (±$10,661) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sunfield Township?
10.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sunfield Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sunfield Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (13%, 24 mi), Odessa Township (6%, 8 mi), Charlotte (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Sunfield Township walkable?
Sunfield Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sunfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sunfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sunfield 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.