With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Westphalia Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 24% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. Employers in Westphalia Township report 448 jobs for 1,099 working residents. The two grades for Westphalia 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
Jobs and commuting in Westphalia Township: the gist
Home offices are common in Westphalia Township
24% of Westphalia Township workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Westphalia Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Westphalia Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Westphalia Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. 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.
Jobs & income in Westphalia Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Westphalia Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate 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, Westphalia Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Westphalia Township’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Westphalia Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 818 commuters (the 24% 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.
Goods jobs make up 41% of work in Westphalia Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Westphalia Township, 2011 → 2021: 194 → 448. 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 Westphalia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Westphalia Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,057 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 406 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Westphalia Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
21% of working residents work in Lansing
Where Westphalia Township clocks in
21% 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.
How many miles Westphalia Township commutes
About 18% 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.
For most of Westphalia Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Westphalia Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,075 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). 3.5% of Westphalia Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Westphalia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Westphalia Township is 885th among 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 96 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 138 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 883 | Cabana Colony FL | 2,045 | $90K | 13.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 884 | Waverly MN | 2,293 | $112K | 10.6% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 885 | Westphalia Township MI | 2,451 | $92K | 7.0% | 2.1% | 4% | A− |
| 886 | Montara CA | 2,917 | $234K | 3.4% | 9.5% | 1% | A− |
| 887 | Wernersville PA | 2,831 | $76K | 8.2% | 2.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Westphalia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Westphalia Township
The biggest share goes to Eagle Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Westphalia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westphalia Township | – | A− | C+ | 24 min | $92,065 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,000 |
| Portland Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Dallas Township | under 2% | A− | B− | 26 min | $84,200 |
| Eagle Township | 4% | A | B | 24 min | $91,582 |
Same-state neighbors only. Portland Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Westphalia 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 Westphalia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Westphalia Township?
$92,065 (±$18,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Westphalia Township?
7.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Westphalia Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Westphalia Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (21%, 16 mi), Delta Township (9%, 13 mi), East Lansing (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Westphalia Township walkable?
Westphalia Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Westphalia Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Westphalia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Westphalia 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.