With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Bingham Township works elsewhere
For jobs and income Bingham Township is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 618 jobs in Bingham Township, against 1,159 working residents. Only 2% work in Bingham Township itself; outside it, St. Johns draws the most (19%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Bingham Township in brief
Where Bingham Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Unemployment is its strongest input (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,273, U.S. $80,734). 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, Bingham Township could be anywhere from B− to A.
The kinds of work in Bingham Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bingham Township, 2011 → 2021: 612 → 618. 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.
Who leaves Bingham Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,137 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 596 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Bingham Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The places Bingham Township commutes to
Where Bingham Township clocks in
19% of workers
18% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Bingham Township
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 Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,272 commuters (the 11% 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 distance from Bingham Township to work
About 20% 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.
In Bingham Township, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,427 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). 3.1% 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.
Out of 4,618 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000, Bingham Township comes 945th 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 | 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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| 22 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 232 | Milton Township MI | 3,187 | $119K | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 943 | Helmetta NJ | 2,474 | $99K | 3.7% | 7.4% | <1% | A− |
| 944 | Goldsby OK | 3,591 | $103K | 11.2% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| 945 | Bingham Township MI | 2,973 | $77K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 2% | A− |
| 946 | Coalfield TN | 2,754 | $90K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 947 | Tuxedo NY | 3,116 | $109K | 9.1% | 2.9% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
How Bingham Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bingham Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Township | – | A− | C+ | 23 min | $77,273 |
| Olive Township | under 2% | A− | D− | 27 min | $101,500 |
| Greenbush Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 30 min | $71,607 |
| Bengal Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 24 min | $91,250 |
| Ovid Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 32 min | $105,588 |
| Duplain Township | under 2% | C | C+ | 27 min | $63,177 |
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?
$77,273 (±$17,685) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bingham Township?
6.6%, 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. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bingham Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johns (19%, 2 mi), Lansing (18%, 18 mi), East Lansing (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bingham Township walkable?
Bingham Township is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bingham Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.