Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0More people are out of work in Worth Township (7.0%) than in 82% of U.S. towns
Worth Township grades D for jobs and income and D− for walkability. About one in ten stay in Worth Township for work; outside it, Croswell is the main destination (13%, 5 miles). Household incomes here are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Worth Township
Worth Township makes and builds things
88% of the jobs based in Worth Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Worth Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
Worth 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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Worth Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Worth Township fell from 1,015 in 2011 to 749 in 2021, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
How Worth Township earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Worth Township’s grade up (13.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns).
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, Worth Township could be anywhere from D− to B.
In Worth Township, 88% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
749 jobs are based in Worth Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worth Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,015 → 749. 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 Worth Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Worth Township spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worth Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,228 commuters (the 18% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Worth Township
About 32% 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.
Worth Township by day and by night
On a workday 982 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 645 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Worth Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where Worth Township goes to work
Where Worth 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.
For most of Worth Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Worth Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns, #665 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Worth 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 1,501 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). 2.4% of Worth Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Worth Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Worth Township is 3,849th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600 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 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 142 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,847 | Schulenburg TX | 2,837 | $51K | 17.2% | 5.3% | 33% | D |
| 3,848 | Homer Township MI | 2,897 | $55K | 23.2% | 5.5% | 16% | D |
| 3,849 | Worth Township MI | 3,423 | $61K | 13.4% | 7.0% | 10% | D |
| 3,850 | Meadow Lake NM | 4,259 | $44K | 20.6% | 4.8% | <1% | D |
| 3,851 | Paris AR | 3,357 | $51K | 18.9% | 5.0% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Worth Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Worth Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Lexington Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worth Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worth Township | – | D | D− | 31 min | $61,492 |
| Lexington Township | 4% | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $58,041 |
| Fremont Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Grant Township | under 2% | C+ | C | 33 min | $86,818 |
| Burtchville Township | under 2% | C | C− | 30 min | $58,872 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fremont Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Worth 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 Worth Township: questions
What is the median household income in Worth Township?
$61,492 (±$16,328) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worth Township?
13.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worth Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worth Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Croswell (13%, 5 mi), Port Huron (13%, 16 mi), Fort Gratiot Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Worth Township walkable?
Worth Township is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Worth Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worth Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worth 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.