Wright Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Wright Township has 100 jobs for 596 working residents. The two grades for Wright Township are C− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Wright Township, in brief
Wright Township is a place people come home to
There are 100 jobs based in Wright Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wright Township has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Wright Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 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 596 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Wright Township
On income, poverty and job access, Wright Township is better than 17% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wright Township’s grade up (10.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Wright 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, Wright Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Who works in Wright Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 566 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wright Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Commuting from Wright Township: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wright Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 620 commuters (the 7% 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.
9% of working residents work in Hillsdale
Where Wright Township clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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 Wright Township’s employers do
100 jobs are based in Wright Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wright Township, 2011 → 2021: 177 → 100. 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 Wright Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Wright Township to work
About 27% 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 Wright Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wright Township is more walkable than 30% 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 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 666 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). 3.6% of Wright Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wright Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,572nd of 6,161: where Wright Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,570 | Gleason TN | 1,353 | $58K | 13.9% | 3.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,571 | Colfax Township MI | 1,704 | $69K | 17.3% | 4.9% | 11% | C− |
| 4,572 | Wright Township MI | 1,600 | $54K | 10.9% | 6.9% | 5% | C− |
| 4,573 | Genesee NY | 1,590 | $66K | 14.1% | 10.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,574 | Hartley IA | 1,579 | $58K | 12.5% | 2.5% | 14% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Wright Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Wright Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wright Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Township | – | C− | C | 29 min | $54,449 |
| Pittsford Township | under 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $70,625 |
| Medina Township | under 3% | C | D | 39 min | $72,266 |
| Ransom Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Amboy Township | under 3% | C− | C+ | 30 min | $60,517 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ransom Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wright 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 Wright Township: questions
What is the median household income in Wright Township?
$54,449 (±$6,192) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wright Township?
10.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wright Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wright Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hillsdale (9%, 16 mi), Ann Arbor (4%, 50 mi), Holiday City (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Wright Township walkable?
Wright Township is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wright 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 Wright Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wright 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.