Most of Bainbridge Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Bainbridge Township B; getting around on foot earns it C−. Bainbridge Township has 240 jobs, against 1,033 working residents. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bainbridge Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Bainbridge Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bainbridge Township is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #356 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Bainbridge Township’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
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, Bainbridge Township could be anywhere from C to A−.
Bainbridge Township by day and by night
On a workday 978 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Bainbridge Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
15% of working residents work in Benton Township
Where Bainbridge Township clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 51% of the jobs in Bainbridge Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bainbridge Township, 2011 → 2021: 184 → 240. 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 Bainbridge Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bainbridge Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bainbridge Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,100 commuters (the 9% 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.
The commute from Bainbridge Township, by distance
About 24% 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 Bainbridge Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bainbridge Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #519 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,213 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). 1.2% of Bainbridge Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bainbridge Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bainbridge Township places 2,022nd of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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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| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 136 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 230 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
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| 2,020 | Stewartstown PA | 2,225 | $81K | 9.5% | 5.7% | 3% | B |
| 2,021 | Shinnston WV | 2,241 | $70K | 11.8% | 2.1% | 9% | B |
| 2,022 | Bainbridge Township MI | 2,625 | $75K | 7.3% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 2,023 | Liberty Township OH | 2,482 | $76K | 12.4% | 2.8% | 11% | B |
| 2,024 | Wabasso Beach FL | 2,262 | $116K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Bainbridge Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 15% of Bainbridge Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bainbridge Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bainbridge Township | – | B | C− | 21 min | $74,574 |
| Benton Township | 15% | D | B− | 18 min | $38,688 |
| Pipestone Township | under 3% | B− | D | 22 min | $72,533 |
| Millburg | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Keeler Township | under 3% | C | C+ | 22 min | $59,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Millburg: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Benton Township. Darker towns draw more of Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bainbridge Township?
$74,574 (±$10,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bainbridge Township?
7.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bainbridge Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bainbridge Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Benton Township (15%, 6 mi), St. Joseph (9%, 11 mi), Grand Rapids (4%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bainbridge Township walkable?
Bainbridge Township is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bainbridge 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 Bainbridge Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bainbridge 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.