Most of Beecher commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Beecher has 636 jobs for 2,429 working residents. Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S. 31.3% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 13.2% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Beecher, in a few figures
Fewer than half of Beecher workers earn over $40,000 a year
35% of Beecher’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 25% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Beecher has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Beecher went from 384 in 2011 to 636 in 2021, +66%. The jobs ↓
Beecher is a place people come home to
There are 636 jobs based in Beecher, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Few Beecher workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs in Beecher: what the 636 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beecher, 2011 → 2021: 384 → 636. 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 Beecher’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Beecher on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,394 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 601 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Beecher on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Beecher’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beecher workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,364 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.
14% of working residents work in Flint
Where Beecher 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.
How far it is to work from Beecher
About 26% 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.
Bordering towns draw 14% of Beecher’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Flint. Darker towns draw more of Beecher’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 Beecher: questions
What is the median household income in Beecher?
$37,515 (±$3,188) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beecher?
31.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beecher?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beecher work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Flint (14%, 5 mi), Flint Township (7%, 7 mi), Burton (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Beecher without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beecher, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beecher
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.