Beaver Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
4% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Employers in Beaver Township report 10 jobs for 159 working residents. Only 1% stay in Beaver Township for work; outside it, Big Rapids is the main destination (8%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Beaver Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where Beaver Township goes to work
Where Beaver Township clocks in
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Beaver Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2011 → 2021: 16 → 10. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way for Beaver Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 commuters (the 4% 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.
Beaver Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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 Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Merrill Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | – | — | — | 35 min | $50,469 |
| Denver Township | under 3% | D− | C− | 33 min | $41,735 |
| Merrill Township | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Leavitt Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Troy Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Merrill Township, Leavitt Township and Troy Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaver 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 Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver Township?
$50,469 (±$13,213) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?
10.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Township?
35 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Big Rapids (8%, 24 mi), Grand Rapids (8%, 53 mi), Reed City (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaver Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver 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.