Bengal Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 3% work in Bengal Township; the top destination outside it is Lansing (17%, 20 miles). Employers in Bengal Township report 131 jobs for 526 working residents. The two grades for Bengal Township are B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bengal Township and work: the main findings
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Bengal Township
On income, poverty and job access, Bengal Township is better than 72% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bengal Township’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Bengal 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, Bengal Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Who commutes out of Bengal Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 510 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Bengal Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Bengal Township goes to work
Where Bengal Township clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
Bengal Township makes things: 96% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bengal Township, 2011 → 2021: 175 → 131. 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 Bengal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Bengal Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bengal Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 416 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Bengal Township commutes less than 18 miles
About 19% 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.
In Bengal Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bengal Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 478 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Bengal Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Bengal Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
555th of 3,771: where Bengal Township ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
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| 553 | Alamance NC | 1,061 | $99K | 10.3% | 0.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 554 | Webster Township IN | 1,194 | $85K | 3.8% | 11.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 555 | Bengal Township MI | 1,135 | $91K | 3.8% | 7.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 556 | Warsaw Township MN | 1,317 | $91K | 4.8% | 2.1% | <1% | B+ |
| 557 | Maurertown VA | 1,092 | $94K | 2.7% | 0.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Bengal Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bengal Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Dallas Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bengal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengal Township | – | B+ | C | 24 min | $91,250 |
| Dallas Township | 8% | A− | B− | 26 min | $84,200 |
| Riley Township | under 2% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,000 |
| Bingham Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $77,273 |
| Essex Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 27 min | $71,488 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bengal 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 Bengal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bengal Township?
$91,250 (±$24,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bengal Township?
3.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bengal Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bengal Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (17%, 20 mi), St. Johns (11%, 6 mi), Dallas Township (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bengal Township walkable?
Bengal Township is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 2.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bengal Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bengal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bengal 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.