Fallasburg Covered Bridge · Photo: User:Lar (w:en:user:Lar) · CC BY 2.5Fewer people are out of work in Vergennes Township (0.9%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Vergennes Township grades A+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Vergennes Township apart on work
The four measures behind Vergennes Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vergennes Township is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #11 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and 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, Vergennes Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Vergennes Township’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vergennes Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,882 commuters (the 22% 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.
Vergennes Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,107 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 662 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Vergennes Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
20% of working residents work in Grand Rapids
Where Vergennes Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
What Vergennes Township’s employers do
717 jobs are based in Vergennes Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vergennes Township, 2011 → 2021: 231 → 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 Vergennes Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Vergennes Township
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.
Most of Vergennes Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vergennes Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns, #607 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,406 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). 1.7% of Vergennes Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vergennes Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Vergennes Township is 125th among 3,692 U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Columbus MN | 4,356 | $123K | 3.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 124 | Little Silver NJ | 6,124 | $241K | 1.2% | 3.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 125 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 126 | West Rockhill Township PA | 5,455 | $104K | 3.9% | 0.3% | 7% | A+ |
| 127 | La Habra Heights CA | 5,327 | $180K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 131 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | 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 Vergennes Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 14% of Vergennes Township
The biggest share goes to Lowell (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vergennes Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vergennes Township | – | A+ | D | 27 min | $113,482 |
| Lowell | 6% | A | A | 25 min | $72,875 |
| Ada Township | 5% | A+ | B− | 20 min | $168,468 |
| Grattan Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 33 min | $111,354 |
| Keene Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $96,250 |
| Forest Hills | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lowell Township | 3% | A+ | C | 23 min | $104,794 |
Same-state neighbors only. Forest Hills: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vergennes 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 Vergennes Township: questions
What is the median household income in Vergennes Township?
$113,482 (±$24,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vergennes Township?
1.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vergennes Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vergennes Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (20%, 14 mi), Cascade Township (8%, 8 mi), Kentwood (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Vergennes Township walkable?
Vergennes Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vergennes Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vergennes Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vergennes 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.