With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Beaverton Township works elsewhere
For 6% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan. 150 jobs are based in Beaverton Township, against 684 working residents. Jobs and income earn Beaverton Township C; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Beaverton Township at work: what stands out
Beaverton Township is a place people come home to
There are 150 jobs based in Beaverton Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Beaverton Township has about 1,300 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Beaverton Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Beaverton Township is Midland, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. 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 684 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Beaverton Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Beaverton Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Beaverton Township’s grade up (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Beaverton 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, Beaverton Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
How many people are in Beaverton Township by day
On a workday 666 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Beaverton Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 many miles Beaverton Township commutes
About 25% 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.
17% of working residents work in Midland
Where Beaverton Township clocks in
17% 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: 67% of jobs based in Beaverton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaverton Township, 2011 → 2021: 207 → 150. 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 Beaverton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Beaverton Township’s commute takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaverton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 756 commuters (the 6% 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.
Beaverton Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beaverton Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 803 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). 6.6% of Beaverton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaverton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Beaverton Township next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 3,647th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,645 | Jackson SC | 1,639 | $40K | 11.1% | 3.2% | 2% | C |
| 3,646 | Lamoine ME | 1,811 | $89K | 8.9% | 8.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,647 | Beaverton Township MI | 1,880 | $68K | 10.4% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,648 | Monroe Township OH | 2,129 | $65K | 5.8% | 9.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,649 | Willow AK | 1,815 | $89K | 13.2% | 6.6% | — | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Beaverton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 16% of Beaverton Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Beaverton (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaverton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverton Township | – | C | C | 28 min | $67,768 |
| Tobacco Township | 2% | C− | D | 28 min | $64,000 |
| Beaverton | 8% | D− | C− | 33 min | $30,050 |
| Sheridan Township | under 2% | D | B− | 27 min | $64,135 |
| Grout Township | under 2% | D | C+ | 29 min | $74,688 |
| Warren Township | 6% | C | C− | 30 min | $72,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaverton 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 Beaverton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beaverton Township?
$67,768 (±$10,879) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaverton Township?
10.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaverton Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaverton Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (17%, 23 mi), Gladwin (8%, 10 mi), Beaverton (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Beaverton Township walkable?
Beaverton Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaverton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaverton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaverton 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.