Hart, Jr., Lovira and Esther Maria Parker, Farm · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Tuscola Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Tuscola Township report 391 jobs for 737 working residents. The two grades for Tuscola Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 5% stay in Tuscola Township for work; outside it, Frankenmuth is the main destination (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tuscola Township: the figures worth knowing
The four measures behind Tuscola Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tuscola Township is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Tuscola Township’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
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, Tuscola Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 56% of the jobs in Tuscola Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tuscola Township, 2011 → 2021: 386 → 391. 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 Tuscola Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Tuscola Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 703 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Tuscola Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Out of Tuscola Township to work: where people go
Where Tuscola Township clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Tuscola Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tuscola Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 911 commuters (the 11% 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 in the region Tuscola Township works
About 19% 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 Tuscola Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tuscola Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,027 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). 1.6% of Tuscola Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tuscola Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Tuscola Township next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600: 1,673rd of 5,921 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 223 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,671 | Cedar Point NC | 1,825 | $99K | 5.4% | 2.8% | 6% | B |
| 1,672 | WaKeeney Township KS | 2,112 | $80K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 44% | B |
| 1,673 | Tuscola Township MI | 1,921 | $73K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,674 | Clay Township OH | 1,518 | $69K | 0.5% | 2.8% | 2% | B |
| 1,675 | South Greensburg PA | 2,073 | $64K | 6.3% | 4.3% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Tuscola Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Tuscola Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Denmark Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tuscola Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscola Township | – | B | C− | 27 min | $72,898 |
| Vassar | 3% | D | C+ | 30 min | $59,444 |
| Frankenmuth Township | under 2% | A | B− | 19 min | $102,188 |
| Denmark Township | 4% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $70,720 |
| Vassar Township | under 2% | C | D− | 35 min | $63,125 |
| Arbela Township | under 2% | C | C− | 36 min | $65,185 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tuscola 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 Tuscola Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tuscola Township?
$72,898 (±$8,951) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tuscola Township?
5.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tuscola Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tuscola Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankenmuth (15%, 5 mi), Saginaw (9%, 17 mi), Saginaw Township (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tuscola Township walkable?
Tuscola Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tuscola 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 Tuscola Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tuscola 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.