Photo: Deedeebee · CC BY 3.0Households in Tecumseh earn less than those in 69% of U.S. towns
Tecumseh grades C+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 5.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan. About one in seven stay in Tecumseh for work; outside it, Adrian is the main destination (7%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tecumseh at work: what stands out
Tecumseh trades workers with the towns around it
Tecumseh has about as many jobs (2,884) as working residents (3,171), but they are mostly different people: 2,736 residents leave for work each day while 2,449 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Tecumseh are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
No single place dominates Tecumseh’s commute
The biggest draw, Adrian, gets only 7% of working residents, and 51% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Tecumseh residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Tecumseh makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Tecumseh are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tecumseh residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. 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.
The four measures behind Tecumseh’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tecumseh is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #457 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Tecumseh’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($62,835, U.S. $80,734).
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 could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tecumseh
On a workday 2,736 residents head out to work, 435 work right here, and 2,449 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Tecumseh’s working residents head each day
Where Tecumseh clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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: 41% of jobs based in Tecumseh
2,884 jobs are based in Tecumseh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tecumseh, 2011 → 2021: 3,164 → 2,884. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tecumseh workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,595 commuters (the 13% 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 Tecumseh, by distance
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 Tecumseh, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tecumseh is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #134 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 7.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,140 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). 7.5% of Tecumseh households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tecumseh’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,918th of 2,944: where Tecumseh ranks among U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,916 | Gas City IN | 6,081 | $56K | 16.8% | 2.0% | 18% | C+ |
| 1,917 | Camp Pendleton Mainside CA | 9,501 | $62K | 6.3% | 2.3% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,918 | Tecumseh MI | 8,608 | $63K | 5.6% | 5.5% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,919 | Purcell OK | 7,030 | $63K | 14.0% | 4.0% | 14% | C+ |
| 1,920 | Portage WI | 9,956 | $65K | 13.5% | 3.7% | 29% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,944 | 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 Tecumseh, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Tecumseh
The biggest share goes to Raisin Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tecumseh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tecumseh | – | C+ | B+ | 26 min | $62,835 |
| Tecumseh Township | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $100,625 |
| Raisin Township | 3% | B | C+ | 29 min | $95,766 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tecumseh’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: questions
What is the median household income in Tecumseh?
$62,835 (±$8,998) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tecumseh?
5.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tecumseh?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tecumseh work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Adrian (7%, 9 mi), Pittsfield Township (5%, 18 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tecumseh walkable?
Tecumseh is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tecumseh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tecumseh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tecumseh
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.