A job hub: Webberville has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 1,053 people come in to work
Employers in Webberville report 1,072 jobs for 472 working residents. Jobs and income earn Webberville C; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 8.6 in Lansing.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Webberville in brief
Jobs in Webberville have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Webberville went from 438 in 2011 to 1,072 in 2021, +145%. The jobs ↓
Webberville is where the jobs are
Webberville has 1,072 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,900 people are in town, 46% more than the 1,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Webberville makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Webberville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Webberville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
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 472 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Webberville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Webberville is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Webberville’s grade up (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Webberville’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, Webberville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 40% of the jobs in Webberville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webberville, 2011 → 2021: 438 → 1,072. 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 Webberville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Webberville fills up on a workday
On a workday 453 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Webberville on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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.
The daily trip into Webberville
Where Webberville clocks in
12% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Webberville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Webberville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 505 commuters (the 8% 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.
Webberville’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
In Webberville, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Webberville is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.9% of 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 547 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 94% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 12.5% of Webberville households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Webberville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Webberville ranks 3,031st of 5,400 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+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,029 | Bronson FL | 1,292 | $62K | 8.5% | 4.4% | 10% | C |
| 3,030 | Shepherd MI | 1,513 | $70K | 17.0% | 0.9% | 7% | C |
| 3,031 | Webberville MI | 1,314 | $58K | 18.7% | 6.4% | 4% | C |
| 3,032 | Harmony MN | 1,028 | $68K | 8.2% | 2.8% | 20% | C |
| 3,033 | Velda City MO | 1,309 | $37K | 21.6% | 2.8% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Webberville, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 Webberville: questions
What is the median household income in Webberville?
$57,679 (±$13,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webberville?
18.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webberville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webberville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (12%, 19 mi), Williamston (6%, 5 mi), Leroy Township (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Webberville walkable?
Webberville is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Webberville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webberville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webberville
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.