With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bagley Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Bagley Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Employers in Bagley Township report 895 jobs, and 2,282 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Bagley Township itself; outside it, Gaylord draws the most (29%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bagley Township
A lot of Bagley Township works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Bagley Township: Gaylord (29%) and Livingston Township (4%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Bagley Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
Bagley Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Bagley Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bagley Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% 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 Bagley Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bagley Township is better than 60% of U.S. towns, #320 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Bagley Township’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and 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, Bagley Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The trip to work from Bagley Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bagley Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,582 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.
In Bagley Township, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bagley Township, 2011 → 2021: 689 → 895. 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 Bagley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bagley Township’s workers travel
About 33% 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.
How a workday changes Bagley Township
On a workday 2,165 residents head out to work, 117 work right here, and 778 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Bagley Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 places Bagley Township commutes to
Where Bagley Township clocks in
2% 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.
Driving is how Bagley Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bagley Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #462 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,893 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). 1.0% of Bagley Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bagley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bagley Township is 1,505th among 3,307 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 115 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,503 | Hollywood SC | 5,652 | $74K | 12.2% | 2.5% | 4% | B |
| 1,504 | Brownstown Township IN | 5,851 | $72K | 7.3% | 1.9% | 19% | B |
| 1,505 | Bagley Township MI | 6,104 | $77K | 6.7% | 2.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,506 | DeMotte IN | 4,384 | $70K | 8.4% | 1.8% | 14% | B |
| 1,507 | Littlestown PA | 4,895 | $71K | 12.7% | 0.3% | 7% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,307 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bagley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
33% of Bagley Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bagley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagley Township | – | B | C− | 18 min | $77,045 |
| Gaylord | 29% | C+ | A− | 18 min | $44,701 |
| Otsego Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 22 min | $73,073 |
| Chester Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 25 min | $73,707 |
| Hayes Township | under 2% | C | D− | 26 min | $77,629 |
| Livingston Township | 4% | B+ | C− | 13 min | $76,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gaylord. Darker towns draw more of Bagley 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 Bagley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bagley Township?
$77,045 (±$7,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bagley Township?
6.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bagley Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bagley Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gaylord (29%, 4 mi), Livingston Township (4%, 7 mi), Traverse City (2%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bagley Township walkable?
Bagley Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bagley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bagley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bagley 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.