Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Households in Webster Township earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 28% of workers; Michigan has 14%. 3.5% of residents live below the poverty line (Michigan 13.2%). The two grades for Webster Township are A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Webster Township stands out on work
Webster Township is a place people come home to
There are 407 jobs based in Webster Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Webster Township has about 4,000 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Webster Township
28% of Webster Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Webster Township makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Webster Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Webster Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. 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.
What’s behind Webster Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Webster Township is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #26 of 701 in Michigan. Household income is its strongest input ($155,104, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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, Webster Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
How many people are in Webster Township by day
On a workday 2,811 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,000 people are in Webster Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.14 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.
Webster 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 Webster Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,234 commuters (the 28% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 38% of the jobs in Webster Township
407 jobs are based in Webster Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webster Township, 2011 → 2021: 425 → 407. 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 Webster Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
25% of working residents work in Ann Arbor
Where Webster Township clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Webster 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.
For most of Webster Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Webster Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #438 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,083 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). 1.3% of Webster Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Webster Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Webster Township next to U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,800: 187th of 3,351 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
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| 47 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 109 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 185 | Carlisle MA | 5,286 | $250K | 1.5% | 4.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 186 | Lake Bluff IL | 5,563 | $204K | 1.5% | 4.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 187 | Webster Township MI | 6,485 | $155K | 3.5% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 188 | Brecknock Township PA | 7,730 | $99K | 2.2% | 1.8% | 9% | A+ |
| 189 | Kingsville MD | 4,687 | $129K | 6.8% | 0.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,351 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Webster Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
12% of Webster Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Dexter (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Webster Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Township | – | A+ | C | 27 min | $155,104 |
| Dexter | 6% | A+ | B+ | 24 min | $106,637 |
| Scio Township | 6% | A | B | 22 min | $129,816 |
| Northfield Township | under 2% | A | C | 29 min | $94,259 |
| Dexter Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 30 min | $124,088 |
| Hamburg Township | under 2% | A | C− | 32 min | $113,980 |
| Whitmore Lake | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whitmore Lake: 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 Webster 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 Webster Township: questions
What is the median household income in Webster Township?
$155,104 (±$16,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webster Township?
3.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webster Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webster Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (25%, 9 mi), Dexter (6%, 4 mi), Scio Township (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Webster Township walkable?
Webster Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Webster Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webster Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webster 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.