Household incomes in Beverly Hills are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Beverly Hills A+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Below the poverty line: 1.7% of residents, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. Home is the office for 30% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Beverly Hills apart
Home offices are common in Beverly Hills
30% of Beverly Hills workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Beverly Hills than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Beverly Hills fell from 3,140 in 2011 to 2,163 in 2021, −31%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Beverly Hills
73% of Beverly Hills residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 54% of the jobs based in Beverly Hills pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Beverly Hills: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beverly Hills is among the top U.S. towns, #2 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Beverly Hills’ grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment 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 firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beverly Hills stays A+.
How long Beverly Hills spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beverly Hills workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,618 commuters (the 30% 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 kinds of work in Beverly Hills
2,163 jobs are based in Beverly Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beverly Hills, 2011 → 2021: 3,140 → 2,163. 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 Beverly Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Beverly Hills by day and by night
On a workday 3,866 residents head out to work, 115 work right here, and 2,048 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,600 people are in Beverly Hills on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.54 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.
10% of working residents work in Detroit
Where Beverly Hills clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
The commute from Beverly Hills, by distance
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 Beverly Hills commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beverly Hills is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns, #264 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of 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 5,133 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). 2.1% of Beverly Hills households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beverly Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
2nd of 2,878: where Beverly Hills ranks among U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 4 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 25 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 62 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
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| 90 | Plymouth MI | 9,164 | $112K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Beverly Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Beverly Hills and its neighbors: 13% work next door
The biggest share goes to Southfield (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beverly Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills | – | A+ | B− | 23 min | $177,412 |
| Southfield Township | 4% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $184,531 |
| Southfield | 9% | B− | A− | 24 min | $68,166 |
| Bingham Farms | under 4% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $244,618 |
| Bloomfield Township | under 4% | A | B− | 24 min | $162,788 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beverly Hills’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 Beverly Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Beverly Hills?
$177,412 (±$17,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beverly Hills?
1.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beverly Hills?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beverly Hills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (10%, 12 mi), Troy (9%, 6 mi), Southfield (9%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Beverly Hills walkable?
Beverly Hills is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beverly Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beverly Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beverly Hills
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.