Venice Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Venice Township is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). Employers in Venice Township report 263 jobs, against 952 working residents. Only 1% work in Venice Township; the top destination outside it is Owosso (8%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Venice Township stands out on work
Income, poverty and work: Venice Township’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Venice Township’s grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.8%, U.S. 12.5%). 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Venice Township could be anywhere from C to B+.
Venice Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 939 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Venice Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 the trip to work from Venice Township ends
Where Venice Township clocks in
8% 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.
70% of the jobs in Venice Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Venice Township, 2011 → 2021: 123 → 263. 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 Venice Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Venice Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Venice Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 945 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Venice Township
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.
Few in Venice Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,058 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). 1.1% of Venice Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Venice Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Venice Township is 2,304th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 96 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 138 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,302 | Lawson MO | 2,541 | $66K | 12.7% | 2.6% | 6% | B− |
| 2,303 | Jamestown Township IN | 3,263 | $76K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 5% | B− |
| 2,304 | Venice Township MI | 2,424 | $66K | 13.8% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,305 | Wayne Township PA | 2,363 | $69K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 5% | B− |
| 2,306 | New Orleans Station LA | 2,307 | $59K | 10.6% | 5.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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 Venice Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Venice Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Caledonia Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Venice Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Township | – | B− | C− | 27 min | $66,250 |
| Vernon Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 31 min | $64,107 |
| Hazelton Township | 3% | B+ | C | 34 min | $81,346 |
| Caledonia Township | 4% | C | B− | 25 min | $70,069 |
| Clayton Township | under 2% | B | D | 31 min | $77,554 |
| Gaines Township | under 2% | B | D | 32 min | $84,363 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Venice 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 Venice Township: questions
What is the median household income in Venice Township?
$66,250 (±$9,299) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Venice Township?
13.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Venice 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 Venice Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (8%, 9 mi), Flint (6%, 15 mi), Caledonia Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Venice Township walkable?
Venice Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Venice Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Venice Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Venice 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.