Photo: ValerieWood · CC BY-SA 3.0Bay Mills Township’s household incomes are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
12.5% of residents are in poverty, against 13.2% across Michigan. Jobs and income earn Bay Mills Township D; getting around on foot earns it C+. About half work in Bay Mills Township itself; outside it, Sault Ste. Marie draws the most (20%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bay Mills Township, in a few figures
Fewer than half of Bay Mills Township workers earn over $40,000 a year
42% of Bay Mills Township’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 16% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Bay Mills Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Michigan. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Michigan worker. Time on the road ↓
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 643 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Bay Mills Township
On income, poverty and job access, Bay Mills Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bay Mills Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Bay Mills 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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bay Mills Township could be anywhere from D to C.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bay Mills Township
756 jobs are based in Bay Mills Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bay Mills Township, 2011 → 2021: 88 → 756. 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 Bay Mills Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes to work from Bay Mills Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bay Mills Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 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.
Who works in Bay Mills Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, 319 work right here, and 437 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 (1.18 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.
Out of Bay Mills Township to work: where people go
Where Bay Mills Township clocks in
20% 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.
The commute from Bay Mills Township, by distance
About 16% 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.
Few in Bay Mills Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bay Mills Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.9% 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 775 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). 10.9% of Bay Mills Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bay Mills Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Bay Mills Township is 4,867th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
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| 105 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,865 | Hiram ME | 1,712 | $63K | 12.6% | 4.4% | 5% | D |
| 4,866 | Dafter Township MI | 1,333 | $66K | 16.0% | 2.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,867 | Bay Mills Township MI | 1,623 | $61K | 12.5% | 6.9% | 50% | D |
| 4,868 | Milltown WI | 1,236 | $64K | 16.4% | 2.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,869 | Casa Blanca AZ | 1,697 | $30K | 54.0% | 10.4% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Bay Mills Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Bay Mills Township
The biggest share goes to Superior Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bay Mills Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Mills Township | – | D | C+ | 19 min | $60,972 |
| Superior Township | 3% | C− | C− | 19 min | $72,750 |
| Chippewa Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Whitefish Township | 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Soo Township | 2% | B | D | 17 min | $79,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Chippewa Township and Whitefish Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bay Mills 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 Bay Mills Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bay Mills Township?
$60,972 (±$6,712) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bay Mills Township?
12.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bay Mills Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bay Mills Township work?
50% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (20%, 20 mi), Superior Township (3%, 6 mi), Kinross Township (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bay Mills Township walkable?
Bay Mills Township is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bay Mills Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bay Mills Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bay Mills 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.