Most of Wheatfield Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. There are 140 jobs in Wheatfield Township, and 740 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Wheatfield Township A; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wheatfield Township and work: the main findings
Inside Wheatfield Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wheatfield Township is better than 94% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Wheatfield 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wheatfield Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in Wheatfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wheatfield Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Wheatfield Township clocks in
21% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
What Wheatfield Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheatfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 173 → 140. 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 Wheatfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Wheatfield Township spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheatfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 761 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far Wheatfield Township’s workers travel
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.
Driving is how Wheatfield Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wheatfield Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% 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 913 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 41% 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). 1.9% of Wheatfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wheatfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200, Wheatfield Township comes 190th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 188 | Trabuco Canyon CA | 1,326 | $229K | 7.2% | 0.6% | 2% | A |
| 189 | Menoken Township KS | 1,656 | $120K | 1.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 190 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 191 | Medina WI | 1,300 | $100K | 1.0% | 0.7% | 2% | A |
| 192 | Elkhorn CA | 1,664 | $127K | 2.0% | 10.0% | <1% | A |
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| 231 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
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| 380 | Frankenmuth Township MI | 1,872 | $102K | 5.5% | 1.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Wheatfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
11% of Wheatfield Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Williamston (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheatfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatfield Township | – | A | C+ | 22 min | $116,500 |
| Williamston | 4% | B | B+ | 26 min | $71,379 |
| Leroy Township | 2% | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $84,704 |
| Williamstown Township | 2% | A | C+ | 23 min | $114,792 |
| Ingham Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 30 min | $112,000 |
| Alaiedon Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $94,042 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheatfield 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 Wheatfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wheatfield Township?
$116,500 (±$17,018) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheatfield Township?
1.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheatfield Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheatfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (21%, 14 mi), East Lansing (13%, 11 mi), Meridian Township (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Wheatfield Township walkable?
Wheatfield Township is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wheatfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wheatfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheatfield 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.