Thomas Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Thomas Township has 2,321 jobs for 4,706 working residents. Jobs and income earn Thomas Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 6% work in Thomas Township itself; outside it, Saginaw draws the most (19%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Thomas Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Thomas Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #453 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Thomas Township’s grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
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, Thomas Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Thomas Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,406 residents head out to work, 300 work right here, and 2,021 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,500 people are in Thomas Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where people from Thomas Township work
Where Thomas Township clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
28% of the jobs in Thomas Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thomas Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,936 → 2,321. 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 Thomas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Thomas Township spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thomas Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,599 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.
Thomas Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Few in Thomas Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Thomas Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #355 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Thomas 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 5,079 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). 5.4% of Thomas Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Thomas Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Thomas Township next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000: 1,784th of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,782 | Gloucester City NJ | 11,643 | $65K | 19.5% | 5.4% | 9% | C+ |
| 1,783 | Warr Acres OK | 10,552 | $53K | 19.0% | 3.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,784 | Thomas Township MI | 11,900 | $80K | 10.6% | 6.6% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,785 | Lantana FL | 12,449 | $70K | 11.5% | 8.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,786 | South Sioux City NE | 14,158 | $68K | 12.2% | 5.0% | 17% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Thomas Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
18% of Thomas Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Saginaw Township (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Thomas Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Township | – | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $79,710 |
| Saginaw Township | 15% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Swan Creek Township | under 2% | B− | C | 30 min | $72,895 |
| Tittabawassee Township | 2% | B+ | C− | 20 min | $107,146 |
| James Township | under 2% | B− | D | 28 min | $70,000 |
| Richland Township | 1% | B | C− | 29 min | $84,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Saginaw Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Thomas 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 Thomas Township: questions
What is the median household income in Thomas Township?
$79,710 (±$8,367) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thomas Township?
10.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thomas Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thomas Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (19%, 8 mi), Saginaw Township (15%, 5 mi), Midland (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Thomas Township walkable?
Thomas Township is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Thomas Township without a car?
0% 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 Thomas Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thomas 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.