With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Batavia Township works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Batavia Township itself; outside it, Coldwater draws the most (23%, 6 miles). 57 jobs are based in Batavia Township for 571 working residents. Batavia Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Batavia Township, in brief
Batavia Township is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Batavia Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Batavia Township has about 820 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Batavia Township and Coldwater trade workers both ways
Coldwater is the top workplace for Batavia Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Batavia Township come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 571 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Batavia Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Batavia Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Batavia Township’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Batavia 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, Batavia Township could be anywhere from C to B−.
The daily commute in and out of Batavia Township
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Batavia Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Batavia Township commutes to
Where Batavia Township clocks in
23% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
In Batavia Township, 30% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Batavia Township, 2011 → 2021: 70 → 57. 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 Batavia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Batavia Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Batavia Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 407 commuters (the 6% 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 distance from Batavia Township to work
About 22% 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.
Batavia Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Batavia Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 435 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). 1.3% of Batavia Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Batavia Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Batavia Township ranks 2,461st of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 2,459 | New Salem ND | 1,082 | $70K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 15% | C+ |
| 2,460 | Guthrie Township IN | 1,316 | $60K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,461 | Batavia Township MI | 1,332 | $61K | 5.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,462 | Webb AL | 1,340 | $55K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,463 | Kibler AR | 1,029 | $59K | 9.5% | 3.6% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Batavia Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Batavia Township
The biggest share goes to Coldwater Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Batavia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batavia Township | – | C+ | C+ | 23 min | $61,389 |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | D | D | 26 min | $63,118 |
| Coldwater Township | 5% | C | C− | 19 min | $72,014 |
| Union Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $64,107 |
| Matteson Township | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $70,385 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Batavia 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 Batavia Township: questions
What is the median household income in Batavia Township?
$61,389 (±$3,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Batavia Township?
5.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Batavia Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Batavia Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (23%, 6 mi), Sturgis (6%, 18 mi), Coldwater Township (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Batavia Township walkable?
Batavia Township is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Batavia Township without a car?
<1% 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 Batavia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Batavia 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.