With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Beaver Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Beaver Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D−. 199 jobs are based in Beaver Township, and 1,057 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Beaver Township itself; outside it, Midland draws the most (18%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Beaver Township and work: the main findings
Beaver Township is a place people come home to
There are 199 jobs based in Beaver Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beaver Township has about 1,800 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beaver Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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.
What’s behind Beaver Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beaver Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns, #269 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Beaver Township’s grade up (4.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Beaver Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
How a workday changes Beaver Township
On a workday 1,039 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Beaver Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 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 1,027 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.
Commuting out of Beaver Township: the destinations
Where Beaver Township clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Beaver Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2011 → 2021: 94 → 199. 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.
Miles to work from Beaver Township
About 23% 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 commute in Beaver Township is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,144 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). 1.8% of Beaver Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaver Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Beaver Township is 1,404th among 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,402 | Manchester MI | 2,027 | $88K | 7.3% | 3.7% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,403 | London Township MI | 3,006 | $81K | 4.5% | 5.2% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,404 | Beaver Township MI | 2,684 | $89K | 4.8% | 4.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,405 | Springport NY | 2,138 | $86K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,406 | Hyde Park VT | 2,958 | $84K | 5.9% | 1.0% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Beaver Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Kawkawlin Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Township | – | B+ | D− | 29 min | $89,154 |
| Kawkawlin Township | 3% | B+ | D | 22 min | $85,262 |
| Larkin Township | under 2% | A | C+ | 19 min | $143,427 |
| Williams Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $87,380 |
| Garfield Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $96,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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?
$89,154 (±$10,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?
4.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (18%, 8 mi), Bay City (11%, 13 mi), Saginaw (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Beaver Township walkable?
Beaver Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% 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. 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.