Household incomes put Bingham Farms near the very top of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 26.4% (Michigan 13.2%). Measured by household income, Bingham Farms is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Bingham Farms grades A− 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
Work in Bingham Farms: the figures worth knowing
Bingham Farms fills up on a workday
Bingham Farms has 9,314 jobs, 14.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 9,800 people are in town, 9 times the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Bingham Farms draws workers from far and wide
The 9,314 jobs in Bingham Farms are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 33%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
A lot of Bingham Farms works from home
35% of Bingham Farms workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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; with 627 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bingham Farms’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bingham Farms is better than 76% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bingham Farms’ grade up ($244,618, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Bingham Farms’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 three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bingham Farms could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Bingham Farms by day and by night
On a workday 602 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 9,289 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,800 people are in Bingham Farms on a workday afternoon, 811% more than live here.
14.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Bingham Farms’s workers come from
Where Bingham Farms clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
How long Bingham Farms 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 Bingham Farms workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 35% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Bingham Farms
9,314 jobs are based in Bingham Farms.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bingham Farms, 2011 → 2021: 5,943 → 9,314. 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 Bingham Farms’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Bingham Farms commutes less than 10 miles
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.
Driving is how Bingham Farms gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bingham Farms is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 510 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). 8.7% of Bingham Farms households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bingham Farms’ commuters take a bus or train.
Bingham Farms places 345th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Clinton OH | 1,195 | $77K | 5.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 344 | Little River WI | 1,126 | $92K | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 345 | Bingham Farms MI | 1,071 | $245K | 26.4% | 0.9% | 4% | A− |
| 346 | Jimmerson Lake IN | 1,024 | $101K | 3.0% | 3.7% | 1% | A− |
| 347 | Pleasant Hills OH | 1,097 | $69K | 5.5% | 4.8% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Bingham Farms, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 14% of Bingham Farms
The biggest share goes to Southfield (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bingham Farms workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Farms | – | A− | C+ | 23 min | $244,618 |
| Southfield Township | 6% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $184,531 |
| Southfield | 8% | B− | A− | 24 min | $68,166 |
| Beverly Hills | under 3% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $177,412 |
| Franklin | under 3% | A+ | B− | 26 min | $194,079 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bingham Farms’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 Bingham Farms: questions
What is the median household income in Bingham Farms?
$244,618 (±$12,442) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bingham Farms?
26.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bingham Farms?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bingham Farms work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (13%, 13 mi), Southfield (8%, 3 mi), Farmington Hills (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bingham Farms walkable?
Bingham Farms is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bingham Farms without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bingham Farms, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bingham Farms
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.