Wales Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 3% work in Wales Township itself; outside it, Port Huron draws the most (9%, 14 miles). There are 116 jobs in Wales Township, and 1,435 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Wales Township C; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wales Township: the figures worth knowing
Wales Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Wales Township is a place people come home to
There are 116 jobs based in Wales Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wales Township has about 1,900 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wales Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wales Township is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #537 of 701 in Michigan. Household income holds Wales Township’s grade up ($90,417, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (7.5%, U.S. 5.2%).
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, Wales Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
A commute of about 37 minutes in Wales Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wales Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,349 commuters (the 9% 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.
Wales Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,399 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Wales Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Wales Township goes to work
Where Wales 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.
Goods jobs make up 49% of work in Wales Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wales Township, 2011 → 2021: 95 → 116. 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 Wales Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Wales Township to work
About 16% 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 Wales Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wales Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #694 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Wales 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 1,477 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 Wales Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wales Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Wales Township is 3,191st among 4,698 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Lima Township MI | 4,215 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,189 | Walbridge OH | 3,076 | $55K | 13.3% | 6.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,190 | Garrettsville OH | 2,450 | $66K | 11.2% | 10.5% | 11% | C |
| 3,191 | Wales Township MI | 3,195 | $90K | 12.0% | 7.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,192 | Cedar Grove FL | 3,802 | $75K | 17.5% | 6.3% | 3% | C |
| 3,193 | Ben Avon SC | 2,487 | $47K | 20.3% | 3.5% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | 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 Wales Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Wales Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wales Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales Township | – | C | D− | 37 min | $90,417 |
| Kenockee Township | under 3% | D | D− | 39 min | $61,750 |
| Riley Township | under 3% | A− | D− | 34 min | $97,262 |
| Columbus Township | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $93,844 |
| Kimball Township | under 3% | B− | D | 29 min | $71,047 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wales 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 Wales Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wales Township?
$90,417 (±$18,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wales Township?
12.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wales Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wales Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Huron (9%, 14 mi), Detroit (7%, 44 mi), Clinton Township (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Wales Township walkable?
Wales 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 Wales Township without a car?
0% 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 Wales Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wales 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.