Photo: Rochelle Briggeman · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bingham Township works elsewhere
The two grades for Bingham Township are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Bingham Township has 324 jobs; 918 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Bingham Township for work; outside it, Traverse City is the main destination (26%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bingham Township apart
Bingham Township makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Bingham Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bingham Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Bingham Township’s workforce skews older
36% of Bingham Township’s working residents are 55 or older. 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; with 918 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Bingham Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bingham Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #219 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Bingham Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
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, poverty and unemployment, Bingham Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
Bingham Township makes things: 64% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bingham Township, 2011 → 2021: 328 → 324. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Bingham Township
On a workday 884 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Bingham Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Commuting out of Bingham Township: the destinations
Where Bingham Township clocks in
26% of workers
16% of workers
10% 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.
From Bingham Township, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bingham Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,132 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where in the region Bingham Township works
About 22% 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.
Getting around Bingham Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bingham Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns, #656 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Bingham 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 1,331 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). 1.3% of Bingham Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bingham Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bingham Township is 1,160th of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 20 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 127 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,158 | Diamond IL | 2,714 | $73K | 10.5% | 0.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,159 | Lake Crystal MN | 2,470 | $83K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 15% | B+ |
| 1,160 | Bingham Township MI | 2,660 | $94K | 2.2% | 3.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,161 | Cambridge Township MN | 2,592 | $108K | 10.4% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,162 | Central City NE | 3,184 | $73K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 36% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Bingham Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bingham Township and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to Suttons Bay Township (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bingham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Township | – | B+ | D | 23 min | $93,594 |
| Centerville Township | under 1% | B | D | 28 min | $98,281 |
| Suttons Bay Township | 16% | C+ | B | 34 min | $115,769 |
| Elmwood Township | 3% | A− | C+ | 21 min | $94,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bingham 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 Bingham Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bingham Township?
$93,594 (±$7,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bingham Township?
2.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bingham Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bingham Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Traverse City (26%, 11 mi), Suttons Bay Township (16%, 6 mi), Garfield Township (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bingham Township walkable?
Bingham Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bingham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bingham Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bingham 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.