Household incomes in Beaver Creek Township trail those of 72% of U.S. towns
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. 17.7% of residents are in poverty; Michigan has 13.2%. The two grades for Beaver Creek Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Beaver Creek Township, in brief
The jobs in Beaver Creek Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
79% of the jobs based in Beaver Creek Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Beaver Creek Township residents hold. 90% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Beaver Creek Township. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Beaver Creek Township makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Beaver Creek Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Beaver Creek Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. 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; with 430 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Beaver Creek Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Beaver Creek Township is better than 9% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Beaver Creek Township’s grade up ($61,121, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Beaver Creek 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, Beaver Creek Township could be anywhere from D− to C−.
In Beaver Creek Township, 47% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
340 jobs are based in Beaver Creek Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Creek Township, 2011 → 2021: 53 → 340. 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 Beaver Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Beaver Creek Township
About 35% 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.
Beaver Creek Township by day and by night
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 306 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 (0.79 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.
Where Beaver Creek Township goes to work
Where Beaver Creek Township clocks in
Lines 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.
From Beaver Creek Township, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Creek Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 538 commuters (the 5% 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.
Driving is how Beaver Creek Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beaver Creek Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Beaver Creek Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 568 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 Beaver Creek Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaver Creek Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beaver Creek Township is 5,232nd of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 5,230 | Philmont NY | 1,466 | $57K | 21.6% | 7.1% | 2% | D |
| 5,231 | Girardville PA | 1,325 | $42K | 20.8% | 5.1% | 1% | D |
| 5,232 | Beaver Creek Township MI | 1,628 | $61K | 17.7% | 6.4% | 8% | D |
| 5,233 | Vevay IN | 1,760 | $46K | 13.6% | 9.2% | 11% | D |
| 5,234 | Yale MI | 1,873 | $53K | 18.0% | 16.1% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Beaver Creek Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns next door employ 13% of Beaver Creek Township
The biggest share goes to Grayling Township (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek Township | – | D | D | 24 min | $61,121 |
| Garfield Township | under 2% | D | D− | 40 min | $70,417 |
| South Branch Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 21 min | $52,292 |
| Lyon Township | under 2% | C | C | 23 min | $68,472 |
| Gerrish Township | 3% | B | D | 18 min | $95,813 |
| Grayling Township | 10% | D | B− | 25 min | $65,127 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver Creek Township?
$61,121 (±$8,404) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Creek Township?
17.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Creek Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Creek Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grayling (14%, 7 mi), Grayling Township (10%, 9 mi), Higgins Township (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Beaver Creek Township walkable?
Beaver Creek Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver Creek 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.