Winfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Winfield Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (14%, 35 miles). 103 jobs are based in Winfield Township, and 945 of its residents work somewhere. Winfield Township grades B 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
Winfield Township and work: the main findings
Winfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 103 jobs based in Winfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winfield Township has about 1,600 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Winfield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Winfield Township is Grand Rapids, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (131) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Winfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 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 945 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Winfield Township’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winfield Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Winfield Township’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
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, poverty and unemployment, Winfield Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A workday in Winfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 936 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Winfield Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
How many miles Winfield Township commutes
About 23% 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.
Commuting from Winfield Township: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,080 commuters (the 12% 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.
Where Winfield Township goes to work
Where Winfield Township clocks in
Lines 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.
Making and building: 59% of jobs based in Winfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 89 → 103. 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 Winfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Winfield Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winfield Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Winfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,230 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). 4.1% of Winfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Winfield Township next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200: 1,941st of 4,995 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,939 | Utica OH | 2,138 | $84K | 5.5% | 6.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,940 | Huntington MA | 2,039 | $94K | 12.5% | 3.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,941 | Winfield Township MI | 2,406 | $74K | 8.7% | 3.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,942 | Tecumseh Township MI | 2,014 | $101K | 5.5% | 6.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,943 | Bucks Township OH | 1,892 | $73K | 4.9% | 1.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | 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 Winfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Winfield Township
The biggest share goes to Reynolds Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield Township | – | B | C | 31 min | $74,189 |
| Reynolds Township | 5% | B− | C | 37 min | $72,857 |
| Deerfield Township | under 3% | C− | C | 30 min | $57,898 |
| Maple Valley Township | under 3% | B | D | 35 min | $84,219 |
| Cato Township | under 3% | D | B− | 31 min | $67,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Winfield 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 Winfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield Township?
$74,189 (±$9,609) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield Township?
8.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (14%, 35 mi), Rockford (5%, 22 mi), Reynolds Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Winfield Township walkable?
Winfield Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield 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.