Verona Township’s household incomes are lower than in 74% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Verona Township; the top destination outside it is Bad Axe (25%, 3 miles). The poverty rate is 8.4%, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole. For jobs and income Verona Township is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Verona Township: the gist
A lot of Verona Township works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Verona Township: Bad Axe (25%), Colfax Township (12%) and Bingham Township (1%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Verona Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 15 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker, and quicker than any town next door (18 to 29 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Verona Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate holds Verona Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Verona Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 and poverty, Verona Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Time on the road from Verona Township: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 497 commuters (the 15% 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 Verona Township’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
Verona Township by day and by night
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 552 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).
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 Verona Township goes to work
Where Verona Township clocks in
Lines 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 Verona Township’s employers do
577 jobs are based in Verona Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona Township, 2011 → 2021: 806 → 577. 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 Verona Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Verona Township commutes by car
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 587 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). 4.1% of Verona Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Verona Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Verona Township is 2,578th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,576 | Dysart IA | 1,268 | $68K | 12.3% | 2.4% | 8% | C |
| 2,577 | Mabscott WV | 1,259 | $58K | 16.7% | 5.6% | <1% | C |
| 2,578 | Verona Township MI | 1,184 | $60K | 8.4% | 0.7% | 5% | C |
| 2,579 | Kincaid IL | 1,310 | $65K | 15.5% | 9.5% | 4% | C |
| 2,580 | Nashville IN | 1,273 | $52K | 7.2% | 1.7% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Verona Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 38% of Verona Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Verona Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Township | – | C | C− | 15 min | $59,904 |
| Bad Axe | 25% | D | A | 22 min | $44,688 |
| Sigel Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Colfax Township | 12% | C− | C | 29 min | $69,408 |
| Lincoln Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Bingham Township | 1% | D | C | 20 min | $61,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sigel Township and Lincoln Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bad Axe. Darker towns draw more of Verona 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 Verona Township: questions
What is the median household income in Verona Township?
$59,904 (±$10,765) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona Township?
8.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bad Axe (25%, 3 mi), Colfax Township (12%, 7 mi), Winsor Township (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Verona Township walkable?
Verona Township is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verona Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona 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.