Photo: Deedeebee · CC BY 3.0Most of Tecumseh Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Tecumseh Township report 107 jobs; 693 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Tecumseh Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tecumseh Township and work: the main findings
Fewer jobs are based in Tecumseh Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tecumseh Township fell from 348 in 2011 to 107 in 2021, −69%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Tecumseh Township is a place people come home to
There are 107 jobs based in Tecumseh Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tecumseh Township has about 1,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Tecumseh Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 693 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Tecumseh Township earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Tecumseh Township’s grade up ($100,625, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
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, Tecumseh Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
What Tecumseh Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tecumseh Township, 2011 → 2021: 348 → 107. 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 Tecumseh Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Tecumseh Township
On a workday 689 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Tecumseh Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Each way, about 32 minutes from Tecumseh Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tecumseh Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 883 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.
13% of working residents work in Tecumseh
Where Tecumseh Township clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Where in the region Tecumseh Township works
About 16% 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.
Getting around Tecumseh Township: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 967 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). 4.6% of Tecumseh Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Tecumseh Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tecumseh Township places 1,951st of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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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| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,949 | Huntington MA | 2,039 | $94K | 12.5% | 3.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,950 | Winfield Township MI | 2,406 | $74K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,951 | Tecumseh Township MI | 2,014 | $101K | 5.5% | 6.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,952 | Bucks Township OH | 1,892 | $73K | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,953 | New Haven VT | 1,742 | $92K | 3.1% | 4.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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 Tecumseh Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 18% of Tecumseh Township
The biggest share goes to Tecumseh (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tecumseh Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh Township | – | B | C− | 32 min | $100,625 |
| Tecumseh | 13% | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $62,835 |
| Clinton Township | 3% | B− | B | 31 min | $76,954 |
| Macon Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 26 min | $78,813 |
| Raisin Township | 2% | B | C+ | 29 min | $95,766 |
| Franklin Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 38 min | $90,221 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tecumseh 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 Tecumseh Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tecumseh Township?
$100,625 (±$17,835) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tecumseh Township?
5.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tecumseh Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tecumseh Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tecumseh (13%, 2 mi), Adrian (8%, 11 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tecumseh Township walkable?
Tecumseh Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tecumseh Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tecumseh Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tecumseh 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.