Taymouth Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
93 jobs are based in Taymouth Township for 1,427 working residents. Taymouth Township grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Taymouth Township
Jobs & income in Taymouth Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Taymouth Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #263 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Taymouth Township’s grade up (2.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, 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, Taymouth Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
A workday in Taymouth Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,391 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Taymouth Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
12% of working residents work in Saginaw
Where Taymouth Township clocks in
12% 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.
Making and building: 47% of jobs based in Taymouth Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taymouth Township, 2011 → 2021: 71 → 93. 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 Taymouth Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taymouth Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,598 commuters (the 5% 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.
The commute from Taymouth Township, by distance
About 22% 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.
Taymouth Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Taymouth Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #698 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Taymouth 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 1,675 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). 2.3% of Taymouth Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Taymouth Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Taymouth Township is 1,410th of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 120 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,408 | University Center VA | 3,923 | $121K | 13.1% | 5.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,409 | Warren ME | 5,099 | $75K | 6.0% | 0.6% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,410 | Taymouth Township MI | 4,037 | $82K | 2.4% | 5.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,411 | Underhill VT | 3,071 | $92K | 6.4% | 2.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,412 | Carter Lake IA | 3,670 | $85K | 11.5% | 3.8% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | 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 Taymouth Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 12% of Taymouth Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Birch Run Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taymouth Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taymouth Township | – | B+ | D− | 26 min | $81,667 |
| Montrose Township | under 3% | B− | C− | 28 min | $76,338 |
| Albee Township | under 3% | C− | D | 30 min | $61,193 |
| Bridgeport Township | 3% | C− | C− | 27 min | $52,462 |
| Birch Run Township | 9% | B | C− | 23 min | $82,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Taymouth 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 Taymouth Township: questions
What is the median household income in Taymouth Township?
$81,667 (±$8,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taymouth Township?
2.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taymouth Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taymouth Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (12%, 12 mi), Birch Run Township (9%, 5 mi), Frankenmuth (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Taymouth Township walkable?
Taymouth Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taymouth Township without a car?
0% 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 Taymouth Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taymouth 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.