Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Household incomes in Bangor Township are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns
14.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. Jobs and income earn Bangor Township C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in ten work in Bangor Township; the top destination outside it is Bay City (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bangor Township, in brief
Bangor Township trades workers with the towns around it
Bangor Township has about as many jobs (4,724) as working residents (5,157), but they are mostly different people: 4,585 residents leave for work each day while 4,152 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Bangor Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Bangor Township and Bay City trade workers both ways
Bay City is the top workplace for Bangor Township residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Bangor Township come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Bangor Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bangor Township fell from 6,379 in 2011 to 4,724 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 ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Bangor Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
What’s behind Bangor Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bangor Township is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #468 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Bangor Township’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($60,661, U.S. $80,734). 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bangor Township could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who works in Bangor Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,585 residents head out to work, 572 work right here, and 4,152 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).
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 out of Bangor Township: the destinations
Where Bangor Township clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Inside Bangor Township’s 4,724 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bangor Township, 2011 → 2021: 6,379 → 4,724. 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 Bangor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bangor Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bangor Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,183 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.
How far Bangor Township’s workers travel
About 21% 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 Bangor Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bangor Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #303 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 6,664 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). 3.1% of Bangor Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bangor Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000, Bangor Township ranks 1,548th of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,546 | Spencer MA | 12,173 | $81K | 11.0% | 7.1% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,547 | Richland Township PA | 11,936 | $73K | 10.7% | 5.7% | 23% | C+ |
| 1,548 | Bangor Township MI | 13,778 | $61K | 14.8% | 3.7% | 11% | C+ |
| 1,549 | Evanston WY | 11,705 | $77K | 8.6% | 3.9% | 63% | C+ |
| 1,550 | Pennsville Township NJ | 12,923 | $75K | 12.2% | 11.6% | 11% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Bangor Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bangor Township and its neighbors: 27% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bangor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor Township | – | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $60,661 |
| Bay City | 18% | C− | A− | 21 min | $49,420 |
| Kawkawlin Township | 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $85,262 |
| Essexville | under 2% | B+ | B− | 19 min | $75,341 |
| Monitor Township | 5% | B+ | C− | 25 min | $76,563 |
| Hampton Township | 2% | C+ | C | 24 min | $51,728 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bay City. Darker towns draw more of Bangor 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 Bangor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bangor Township?
$60,661 (±$9,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bangor Township?
14.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bangor Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bangor Township work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bay City (18%, 4 mi), Saginaw (8%, 16 mi), Midland (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bangor Township walkable?
Bangor Township is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bangor Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bangor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bangor 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.