Most of Wheatland Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% stay in Wheatland Township for work; outside it, Hillsdale is the main destination (14%, 12 miles). Employers in Wheatland Township report 44 jobs, against 535 working residents. Wheatland Township grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Wheatland Township
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Wheatland Township
On income, poverty and job access, Wheatland Township is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wheatland Township’s grade up ($74,783, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Wheatland 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wheatland Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
How many people are in Wheatland Township by day
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Wheatland Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The towns that employ Wheatland Township’s residents
Where Wheatland Township clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 39% of the jobs in Wheatland Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheatland Township, 2011 → 2021: 22 → 44. 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 Wheatland Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Wheatland Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheatland Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 526 commuters (the 11% 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.
Miles to work from Wheatland Township
About 21% 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 Wheatland Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wheatland Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 592 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). 3.1% of Wheatland Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wheatland Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,164th of 5,400: where Wheatland Township ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
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| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 3,162 | Paw Paw Township IN | 1,553 | $68K | 11.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,163 | Medina Township MI | 1,086 | $72K | 9.2% | 7.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,164 | Wheatland Township MI | 1,342 | $75K | 12.1% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,165 | Gorman NC | 1,591 | $47K | 18.8% | 5.6% | 0% | C |
| 3,166 | Paul ID | 1,722 | $67K | 11.4% | 0.8% | 6% | 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 Wheatland Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Wheatland Township
The biggest share goes to Adams Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheatland Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland Township | – | C | D | 28 min | $74,783 |
| Adams Township | 4% | C | C− | 23 min | $58,021 |
| Pittsford Township | under 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $70,625 |
| Somerset Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 36 min | $89,303 |
| Rollin Township | under 3% | C+ | C | 30 min | $79,736 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheatland 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 Wheatland Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wheatland Township?
$74,783 (±$16,123) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheatland Township?
12.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheatland Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheatland Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsdale (14%, 12 mi), Jackson (5%, 21 mi), Ann Arbor (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Wheatland Township walkable?
Wheatland Township is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wheatland Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wheatland Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheatland 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.