Most of Temperance commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26. Temperance has 723 jobs; 4,026 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Temperance itself; outside it, Toledo draws the most (28%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Temperance: the gist
Many Temperance workers cross into Ohio
44% of Temperance workers work outside Michigan, most of them in Ohio, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Temperance than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Temperance fell from 1,552 in 2011 to 723 in 2021, −53%. 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 ↓
Temperance and Toledo trade workers both ways
Toledo is the top workplace for Temperance residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Temperance come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Temperance is a place people come home to
There are 723 jobs based in Temperance, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Temperance has about 5,600 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Temperance
60% of Temperance residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Temperance pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. 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.
Where Temperance’s working residents head each day
Where Temperance clocks in
28% 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.
Jobs in Temperance: what the 723 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Temperance, 2011 → 2021: 1,552 → 723. 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 Temperance’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Temperance
On a workday 3,968 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 665 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,600 people are in Temperance on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Commuting from Temperance: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Temperance workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,465 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.
Temperance’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Temperance: questions
What is the median household income in Temperance?
$81,503 (±$15,239) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Temperance?
6.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Temperance?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Temperance work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (28%, 7 mi), Bedford Township (11%, 1 mi), Detroit (3%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Temperance without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Temperance, from the people who make the trip.
More of Temperance
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.