Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of White Oak Township works elsewhere
White Oak Township grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 51 jobs in White Oak Township; 339 of its residents have a job. Measured by household income, White Oak Township is ahead of 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in White Oak Township: the gist
White Oak Township is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in White Oak Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
White Oak Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 339 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind White Oak Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, White Oak Township is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Household income holds White Oak Township’s grade up ($98,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: White Oak 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, White Oak Township could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in White Oak Township by day
On a workday 336 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in White Oak Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
White Oak Township’s commute takes about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Oak Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 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.
11% of working residents work in Lansing
Where White Oak Township clocks in
11% of workers
3% 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.
In White Oak Township, 49% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Oak Township, 2011 → 2021: 18 → 51. 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 White Oak Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from White Oak Township, by distance
About 26% 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.
The commute in White Oak Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, White Oak Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 558 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). 4.4% of White Oak Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of White Oak Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
White Oak Township places 557th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | 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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| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 555 | Belle WV | 1,088 | $77K | 3.3% | 10.6% | 1% | A− |
| 556 | Sarcoxie Township KS | 1,000 | $121K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A− |
| 557 | White Oak Township MI | 1,220 | $98K | 5.8% | 1.6% | 1% | A− |
| 558 | Holding Township MN | 1,233 | $99K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| 559 | Jackson Township OH | 1,034 | $99K | 1.2% | 7.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 White Oak Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How White Oak Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Stockbridge Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Oak Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Township | – | A− | C− | 34 min | $98,250 |
| Ingham Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 30 min | $112,000 |
| Iosco Township | under 3% | A− | D | 35 min | $112,063 |
| Stockbridge Township | 7% | B+ | C+ | 35 min | $79,821 |
| Leroy Township | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 32 min | $84,704 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Oak 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 White Oak Township: questions
What is the median household income in White Oak Township?
$98,250 (±$17,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Oak Township?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Oak Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Oak Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (11%, 21 mi), Stockbridge Township (7%, 7 mi), Howell (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is White Oak Township walkable?
White Oak Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around White Oak 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 White Oak Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Oak 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.