Most of Boardman Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Boardman Township has 172 jobs; 522 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Boardman Township C; getting around on foot earns it D. The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Boardman Township, in a few figures
The figures behind Boardman Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Boardman Township is better than 33% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Boardman Township’s grade up ($83,510, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Boardman 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, Boardman Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily trip from Boardman Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boardman Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 676 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who commutes out of Boardman Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Boardman Township on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
23% of working residents work in Kalkaska Township
Where Boardman Township clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Boardman Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boardman Township, 2011 → 2021: 212 → 172. 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 Boardman Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Boardman Township works
About 26% 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.
Driving is how Boardman Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boardman Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Boardman 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 772 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). 4.9% of Boardman Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boardman Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Boardman Township is 3,190th among 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,188 | Morristown IN | 1,183 | $53K | 14.1% | 0.6% | 8% | C |
| 3,189 | Baldwin ME | 1,660 | $68K | 6.4% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,190 | Boardman Township MI | 1,537 | $84K | 10.7% | 4.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,191 | Morris NY | 1,720 | $76K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 7% | C |
| 3,192 | Florence Township OH | 1,925 | $75K | 13.4% | 3.0% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Boardman Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Boardman Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boardman Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boardman Township | – | C | D | 30 min | $83,510 |
| Orange Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $70,313 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | D− | D− | 36 min | $49,167 |
| Kalkaska Township | 23% | C+ | B | 24 min | $64,253 |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Kalkaska Township. Darker towns draw more of Boardman 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 Boardman Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boardman Township?
$83,510 (±$7,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boardman Township?
10.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boardman Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boardman Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kalkaska Township (23%, 7 mi), Traverse City (14%, 18 mi), Garfield Township (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Boardman Township walkable?
Boardman Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boardman Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boardman Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boardman 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.