Beaverton has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
Jobs and income earn Beaverton D−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Beaverton is among the lowest-earning towns in the country. Poverty touches 18.2% of residents; Michigan has 13.2%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Beaverton, in brief
The four measures behind Beaverton’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Beaverton is better than 4% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Beaverton’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($30,050, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Beaverton’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 could be anywhere from D− to D.
Getting to work from Beaverton takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaverton workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 405 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.
Who works in Beaverton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 422 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Beaverton on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 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.
16% of working residents work in Midland
Where Beaverton clocks in
16% 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.
32% of the jobs in Beaverton make or build things
447 jobs are based in Beaverton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaverton, 2011 → 2021: 237 → 447. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Beaverton commutes less than 22 miles
About 27% 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.
Most of Beaverton commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beaverton is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 443 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). 12.1% of Beaverton households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaverton’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600, and where Beaverton sits
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,980 | McCrory AR | 1,440 | $44K | 19.4% | 3.4% | 21% | D− |
| 3,981 | Chester GA | 1,476 | $56K | 38.3% | 3.4% | 0% | D− |
| 3,982 | Beaverton MI | 1,217 | $30K | 18.2% | 1.5% | 8% | D− |
| 3,983 | Edmore MI | 1,274 | $54K | 32.2% | 2.7% | 9% | D− |
| 3,984 | Laverne OK | 1,189 | $61K | 27.3% | 4.8% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Beaverton, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Around Beaverton: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Beaverton Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaverton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverton | – | D− | C− | 33 min | $30,050 |
| Tobacco Township | 2% | C− | D | 28 min | $64,000 |
| Beaverton Township | 3% | C | C | 28 min | $67,768 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beaverton’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: questions
What is the median household income in Beaverton?
$30,050 (±$3,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaverton?
18.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaverton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaverton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (16%, 22 mi), Gladwin (10%, 7 mi), Warren Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Beaverton walkable?
Beaverton is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaverton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaverton
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.