Most of Beaugrand Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Beaugrand Township has 39 jobs for 363 working residents. Jobs and income earn Beaugrand Township C−; getting around on foot earns it C. Hardly any work in Beaugrand Township; the top destination outside it is Cheboygan (22%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Beaugrand Township at work: what stands out
Beaugrand Township is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Beaugrand Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beaugrand Township has about 770 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Beaugrand Township works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Beaugrand Township: Cheboygan (22%), Mackinaw Township (6%) and Inverness Township (5%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 363 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Beaugrand Township
On income, poverty and job access, Beaugrand Township is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Beaugrand Township’s grade up (8.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Beaugrand 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beaugrand Township could be anywhere from D to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Beaugrand Township
On a workday 361 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Beaugrand 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.
How far Beaugrand Township goes to work
About 36% 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.
The towns that employ Beaugrand Township’s residents
Where Beaugrand Township clocks in
22% 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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Beaugrand Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaugrand Township, 2011 → 2021: 28 → 39. 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 Beaugrand Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Michigan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaugrand Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 457 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.
In Beaugrand Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beaugrand Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 504 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). 0.7% of Beaugrand Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaugrand Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Beaugrand Township ranks: 2,396th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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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| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,394 | Concord Township IL | 1,416 | $66K | 13.0% | 4.3% | 4% | C− |
| 2,395 | Reeder Township MI | 1,215 | $69K | 11.1% | 10.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,396 | Beaugrand Township MI | 1,093 | $62K | 8.3% | 1.4% | 1% | C− |
| 2,397 | Horton Township PA | 1,309 | $54K | 7.4% | 1.3% | 1% | C− |
| 2,398 | Monroe Township PA | 1,469 | $67K | 14.9% | 1.4% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Beaugrand Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
33% of Beaugrand Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaugrand Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugrand Township | – | C− | C | 18 min | $62,083 |
| Hebron Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Inverness Township | 5% | C− | D | 20 min | $56,141 |
| Mackinaw Township | 6% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Cheboygan | 22% | D− | A− | 22 min | $42,290 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hebron Township and Mackinaw Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cheboygan. Darker towns draw more of Beaugrand 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 Beaugrand Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beaugrand Township?
$62,083 (±$15,451) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaugrand Township?
8.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaugrand Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaugrand Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cheboygan (22%, 5 mi), Mackinaw Township (6%, 9 mi), Petoskey (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Beaugrand Township walkable?
Beaugrand Township is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaugrand 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 Beaugrand Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaugrand 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.