Billings Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
51 jobs are based in Billings Township, against 711 working residents. The two grades for Billings Township are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Billings Township is behind 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Billings Township
Billings Township is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Billings Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Billings Township has about 1,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Billings Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 711 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Billings Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Billings Township is better than 13% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Billings Township’s grade up (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Billings 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, Billings Township could be anywhere from D to C−.
A workday in Billings Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 700 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Billings Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Getting to work from Billings Township takes about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Billings Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 571 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.
How far it is to work from Billings Township
About 31% 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.
16% of working residents work in Midland
Where Billings Township 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.
Making and building: 35% of jobs based in Billings Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Billings Township, 2011 → 2021: 27 → 51. 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 Billings Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Billings Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Billings Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 657 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). 3.2% of Billings Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Billings Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Billings Township is 4,168th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 135 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,166 | Potosi MO | 2,568 | $40K | 25.0% | 3.7% | 22% | D |
| 4,167 | Seaside Heights NJ | 2,549 | $48K | 34.1% | 8.0% | 8% | D |
| 4,168 | Billings Township MI | 2,377 | $54K | 10.0% | 7.1% | 2% | D |
| 4,169 | Rushville IL | 2,857 | $58K | 12.6% | 7.1% | 23% | D |
| 4,170 | Summit Hill PA | 3,133 | $65K | 24.0% | 8.5% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Billings Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Billings Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Billings Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billings Township | – | D | D | 36 min | $53,899 |
| Tobacco Township | under 2% | C− | D | 28 min | $64,000 |
| Bentley Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Hay Township | under 2% | D | D | 39 min | $64,432 |
| Hope Township | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $101,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bentley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Billings 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 Billings Township: questions
What is the median household income in Billings Township?
$53,899 (±$8,625) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Billings Township?
10.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Billings Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Billings Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (16%, 17 mi), Gladwin (5%, 11 mi), Standish (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Billings Township walkable?
Billings Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Billings Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Billings Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Billings 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.