At 12.3%, unemployment in Tyrone Township is higher than in 97% of U.S. towns
6% of workers work from home; Michigan has 14%. The two grades for Tyrone Township are C+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 6% work in Tyrone Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (19%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Tyrone Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tyrone Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns, #453 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Tyrone Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
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, Tyrone Township could be anywhere from C to A.
How a workday changes Tyrone Township
On a workday 1,823 residents head out to work, 114 work right here, and 603 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Tyrone Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Tyrone Township work
Where Tyrone Township clocks in
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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Tyrone Township’s jobs are in goods
717 jobs are based in Tyrone Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tyrone Township, 2011 → 2021: 763 → 717. 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 Tyrone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Tyrone Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tyrone Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,987 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Tyrone Township’s workers travel
About 17% 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 Tyrone Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,125 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Tyrone Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Tyrone Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100, Tyrone Township comes 2,189th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,187 | Liverpool Township OH | 3,771 | $67K | 8.0% | 5.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,188 | Montesano WA | 4,181 | $68K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,189 | Tyrone Township MI | 5,262 | $70K | 6.3% | 12.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,190 | Vienna NY | 5,130 | $83K | 10.8% | 4.2% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,191 | Indian Hills NV | 5,527 | $78K | 9.7% | 4.9% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Tyrone Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Tyrone Township
The biggest share goes to Sparta Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tyrone Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Township | – | C+ | C− | 27 min | $69,773 |
| Solon Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $86,958 |
| Sparta Township | 5% | C+ | B− | 23 min | $76,346 |
| Casnovia Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $83,333 |
| Grant Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 29 min | $73,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tyrone 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 Tyrone Township: questions
What is the median household income in Tyrone Township?
$69,773 (±$14,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tyrone Township?
6.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tyrone Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tyrone Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (19%, 20 mi), Walker (6%, 18 mi), Sparta Township (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Tyrone Township walkable?
Tyrone Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tyrone Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tyrone Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tyrone 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.