Ninth District Lighthouse Depot · Photo: Teemu08 · CC BY-SA 3.0Baroda Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Baroda Township report 452 jobs; 1,306 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Baroda Township is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (C−). The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where Michigan has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Baroda Township apart on work
Baroda Township makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Baroda Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Baroda Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Baroda Township empties out on a workday
About 2,000 people are in Baroda Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 2,800 who live here: 1,200 head out to work and 380 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Inside Baroda Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Baroda Township’s grade up (4.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 50% 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, Baroda Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Baroda Township makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baroda Township, 2011 → 2021: 384 → 452. 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 Baroda Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Baroda Township by day
On a workday 1,233 residents head out to work, 73 work right here, and 379 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Baroda 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.
10% of working residents work in St. Joseph
Where Baroda Township clocks in
10% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Baroda Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baroda Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,215 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Baroda Township works
About 23% 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.
Most of Baroda Township commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,347 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). 0.8% of Baroda Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baroda Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Baroda Township is 1,305th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 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+ |
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| 23 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 133 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 222 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
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| 1,303 | Fairfield Township PA | 2,806 | $73K | 7.1% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,304 | Eleele HI | 2,522 | $118K | 6.1% | 2.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,305 | Baroda Township MI | 2,818 | $75K | 4.4% | 3.4% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,306 | Tainter WI | 2,690 | $103K | 7.2% | 3.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,307 | Greenbriar FL | 2,283 | $73K | 9.6% | 3.6% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Baroda Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
10% of Baroda Township works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Lake Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baroda Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroda Township | – | B+ | C− | 20 min | $75,337 |
| Oronoko Township | 3% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $60,175 |
| Lake Township | 7% | B | C | 27 min | $83,241 |
| Weesaw Township | under 3% | C | C | 22 min | $58,077 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Baroda 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 Baroda Township: questions
What is the median household income in Baroda Township?
$75,337 (±$10,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baroda Township?
4.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baroda Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baroda Township work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Joseph (10%, 11 mi), Benton Township (9%, 13 mi), Lincoln Township (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Baroda Township walkable?
Baroda Township is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baroda 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 Baroda Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baroda 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.