Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Muskegon Railway Depot · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Volinia Township works elsewhere
Employers in Volinia Township report 34 jobs; 497 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Volinia Township are C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. 7% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Volinia Township at work: what stands out
Volinia Township is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Volinia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Volinia Township has about 690 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Volinia Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 497 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Volinia Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Volinia Township is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Volinia Township’s grade up ($78,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Volinia 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Volinia Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Volinia Township by day and by night
On a workday 493 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Volinia Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
About 31 minutes to work from Volinia Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Volinia Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 521 commuters (the 7% 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.
12% of working residents work in Marcellus Township
Where Volinia Township clocks in
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.
Volinia Township makes things: 62% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Volinia Township, 2011 → 2021: 48 → 34. 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 Volinia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Volinia Township goes to work
About 22% 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.
Driving is how Volinia Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Volinia Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Volinia Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 561 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). 7.7% of Volinia Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Volinia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,123rd of 4,312: where Volinia Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,121 | Farden Township MN | 1,186 | $72K | 7.9% | 4.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,122 | Foots Creek OR | 1,110 | $74K | 8.5% | 6.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,123 | Volinia Township MI | 1,151 | $79K | 11.8% | 2.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,124 | Valley Brook Township KS | 1,503 | $77K | 12.6% | 0.0% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,125 | Grass Lake Township MN | 1,017 | $82K | 10.0% | 2.7% | 1% | 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 Volinia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
12% of Volinia Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Volinia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volinia Township | – | C+ | D− | 31 min | $78,750 |
| Marcellus Township | 12% | C | B− | 28 min | $72,857 |
| Penn Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 34 min | $83,897 |
| Decatur Township | under 2% | C | B− | 23 min | $67,917 |
| Wayne Township | under 2% | D | C | 25 min | $61,210 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Marcellus Township. Darker towns draw more of Volinia 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 Volinia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Volinia Township?
$78,750 (±$26,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Volinia Township?
11.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Volinia Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Volinia Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marcellus Township (12%, 6 mi), Portage (7%, 21 mi), Kalamazoo (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Volinia Township walkable?
Volinia Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Volinia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Volinia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Volinia 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.