Owosso Downtown Historic District · Photo: Ian Poellet · CC BY-SA 4.0Bennington Township has some of the lowest unemployment in the country, with hardly anyone out of work
Measured by household income, Bennington Township is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Bennington Township are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Hardly any work in Bennington Township itself; outside it, Owosso draws the most (8%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bennington Township, in brief
Bennington Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bennington Township is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #45 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
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, poverty and unemployment, Bennington Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Bennington Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,147 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Bennington Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.10 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Bennington Township goes to work
Where Bennington Township clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
What work there is in Bennington Township: 114 jobs
114 jobs are based in Bennington Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bennington Township, 2011 → 2021: 126 → 114. 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 Bennington Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bennington Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bennington Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,350 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.
The commute from Bennington Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
Few in Bennington Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bennington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns, #696 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Bennington Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,437 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). 1.5% of Bennington Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bennington Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bennington Township places 296th of 4,562 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 21 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 136 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Heath Township MI | 4,017 | $105K | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 294 | Shelby Township IN | 2,533 | $95K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 295 | Ray Township MI | 3,848 | $118K | 6.4% | 0.9% | 5% | A |
| 296 | Bennington Township MI | 3,105 | $101K | 3.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 297 | Monaghan Township PA | 2,817 | $111K | 2.7% | 3.0% | 4% | A |
| 298 | Dekorra WI | 2,485 | $122K | 5.5% | 0.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bennington Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bennington Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Owosso Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bennington Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennington Township | – | A | D− | 26 min | $101,078 |
| Shiawassee Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 34 min | $77,850 |
| Owosso Township | 3% | C+ | D | 25 min | $56,818 |
| Sciota Township | under 2% | B | C− | 29 min | $83,000 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | B− | C | 31 min | $76,579 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bennington 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 Bennington Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bennington Township?
$101,078 (±$18,124) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bennington Township?
3.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bennington Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bennington Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (8%, 6 mi), East Lansing (7%, 18 mi), Meridian Township (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bennington Township walkable?
Bennington Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bennington 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 Bennington Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bennington 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.