Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Blumfield Township has lower unemployment (1.7%) than 88% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Blumfield Township for work; outside it, Frankenmuth is the main destination (19%, 7 miles). Jobs and income earn Blumfield Township A; getting around on foot earns it D. The poverty rate is 2.6% (Michigan 13.2%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Blumfield Township, in brief
Income, poverty and work: Blumfield Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Blumfield Township is better than 87% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income 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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Blumfield Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
67% of the jobs in Blumfield Township pay over $3,333 a month
571 jobs are based in Blumfield Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blumfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 267 → 571. 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 Blumfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Blumfield Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 841 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 535 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Blumfield Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Out of Blumfield Township to work: where people go
Where Blumfield Township clocks in
19% of workers
14% 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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the MI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blumfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 commuters (the 10% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Blumfield Township
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.
Getting around Blumfield Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Blumfield Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,004 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). 2.1% of Blumfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Blumfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Blumfield Township is 447th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 102 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 445 | Bellefonte DE | 1,313 | $91K | 5.5% | 4.9% | 1% | A |
| 446 | Afton Township KS | 1,640 | $133K | 5.9% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 447 | Blumfield Township MI | 1,848 | $87K | 2.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A |
| 448 | El Portal FL | 1,943 | $108K | 5.8% | 4.3% | 1% | A |
| 449 | Solway Township MN | 2,005 | $101K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Blumfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Blumfield Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blumfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blumfield Township | – | A | D | 24 min | $86,979 |
| Buena Vista Township | 4% | C− | B− | 20 min | $44,397 |
| Denmark Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 21 min | $70,720 |
| Merritt Township | under 2% | B+ | D | 31 min | $88,750 |
| Frankenmuth Township | under 2% | A | B− | 19 min | $102,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Buena Vista Township. Darker towns draw more of Blumfield 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 Blumfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blumfield Township?
$86,979 (±$13,953) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blumfield Township?
2.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blumfield Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blumfield Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankenmuth (19%, 7 mi), Saginaw (14%, 10 mi), Buena Vista Township (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Blumfield Township walkable?
Blumfield Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Blumfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blumfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blumfield 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.