Boston Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 5% work in Boston Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Rapids (13%, 21 miles). 1,264 jobs are based in Boston Township, against 2,722 working residents. Jobs and income earn Boston Township B; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Boston Township apart
Income, poverty and work: Boston Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Boston Township is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #327 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Boston Township’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (12.4%, U.S. 12.5%). 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 two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Boston Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Making and building: 68% of jobs based in Boston Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boston Township, 2011 → 2021: 998 → 1,264. 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 Boston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Boston Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,574 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 1,116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Boston Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Boston Township goes to work
Where Boston Township clocks in
7% 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.
About 28 minutes to work from Boston Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boston Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,631 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Boston Township’s workers travel
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.
For most of Boston Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boston Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns, #450 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,040 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). 5.1% of Boston Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Boston Township ranks: 1,565th of 3,370 U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,563 | Broadview Park FL | 7,119 | $74K | 18.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,564 | River Ridge FL | 5,149 | $103K | 6.1% | 9.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,565 | Boston Township MI | 6,121 | $84K | 12.4% | 3.7% | 5% | B |
| 1,566 | Ossipee NH | 4,599 | $91K | 8.1% | 1.6% | 17% | B |
| 1,567 | Chackbay LA | 5,436 | $66K | 7.4% | 1.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Boston Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Boston Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Township | – | B | C | 28 min | $83,977 |
| Lowell Township | under 3% | A+ | C | 23 min | $104,794 |
| Keene Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $96,250 |
| Campbell Township | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $85,128 |
| Berlin Township | under 3% | B+ | D− | 22 min | $74,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boston 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 Boston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boston Township?
$83,977 (±$11,075) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boston Township?
12.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boston Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boston Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (13%, 21 mi), Cascade Township (7%, 12 mi), Kentwood (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Boston Township walkable?
Boston Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boston 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 Boston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boston 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.