M-50-Sandstone Creek Bridge · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Tompkins Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
93 jobs are based in Tompkins Township; 931 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Tompkins Township are C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Tompkins Township for work; outside it, Blackman Township is the main destination (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Tompkins Township stands out on work
Tompkins Township is a place people come home to
There are 93 jobs based in Tompkins Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tompkins Township has about 1,800 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Tompkins Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 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 931 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Tompkins Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tompkins Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns, #441 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Tompkins Township’s grade up ($86,551, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.2%, 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tompkins Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Tompkins Township
On a workday 914 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Tompkins Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Tompkins Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tompkins Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,045 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.
Where people from Tompkins Township work
Where Tompkins Township clocks in
12% 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.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in Tompkins Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tompkins Township, 2011 → 2021: 265 → 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 Tompkins Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Tompkins Township commutes
About 20% 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.
Driving is how Tompkins Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tompkins Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #676 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,203 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). 1.7% of Tompkins Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tompkins Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tompkins Township ranks: 2,713th of 5,278 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,600
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 140 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 236 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
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| 2,711 | Sunfield Township MI | 2,055 | $78K | 10.7% | 5.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,712 | Rollin Township MI | 3,020 | $80K | 9.9% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,713 | Tompkins Township MI | 2,641 | $87K | 9.3% | 6.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,714 | Madison NH | 2,728 | $103K | 4.7% | 7.3% | 13% | C+ |
| 2,715 | Ashville AL | 2,412 | $69K | 19.9% | 2.1% | 7% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,278 | 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 Tompkins Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Tompkins Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Springport Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tompkins Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tompkins Township | – | C+ | D− | 31 min | $86,551 |
| Rives Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 24 min | $85,960 |
| Sandstone Township | under 3% | A− | D | 26 min | $97,708 |
| Springport Township | 4% | C− | C− | 28 min | $57,688 |
| Onondaga Township | under 3% | B | D− | 29 min | $90,987 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tompkins 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 Tompkins Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tompkins Township?
$86,551 (±$3,826) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tompkins Township?
9.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tompkins Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tompkins Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blackman Township (13%, 8 mi), Jackson (12%, 12 mi), Summit Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tompkins Township walkable?
Tompkins Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tompkins 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 Tompkins Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tompkins 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.