Photo: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth". · Public domainBois Blanc Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any work in Bois Blanc Township itself; outside it, St. Ignace draws the most (31%, 15 miles). Employers in Bois Blanc Township report 15 jobs, against 29 working residents. For 38% of workers, the job is at home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Bois Blanc Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Bois Blanc Township on a workday afternoon, 13% 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.
Where Bois Blanc Township goes to work
Where Bois Blanc Township clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Bois Blanc Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bois Blanc Township, 2011 → 2021: 10 → 15. 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 Bois Blanc Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Bois Blanc Township
of Bois Blanc Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 commuters (the 38% 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 commute from Bois Blanc Township, by distance
About 34% 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.
Next door to Bois Blanc Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bois Blanc Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bois Blanc Township | – | — | — | — | $132,500 |
| Mackinac Island | under 4% | — | — | 9 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mackinac Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bois Blanc 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 Bois Blanc Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bois Blanc Township?
$132,500 (±$50,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bois Blanc Township?
0.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bois Blanc Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Ignace (31%, 15 mi), Petoskey (3%, 36 mi), Madison Heights (3%, 236 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Bois Blanc Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bois Blanc Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bois Blanc 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.