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Jobs & commute in Bourret Township

With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bourret Township works elsewhere

Employers in Bourret Township report 37 jobs, against 101 working residents. Hardly any stay in Bourret Township for work; outside it, Midland is the main destination (8%, 33 miles). 5% of workers work from home, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

37 jobs based here
Household income
$58K
median · Michigan $73K
Poverty
10.5%
Michigan 13.2%
Unemployment
2.8%
Michigan 5.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
33 min
Michigan 24 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
1 of 101 working residents
Work from home
5%
Michigan 14% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

How a workday changes Bourret Township

On a workday 100 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.

100live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
36work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night400
Workday340
400live here− 100head out to work+ 36come in to work= 340on a workday

About 340 people are in Bourret Township on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.37jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Commuting out of Bourret Township: the destinations

BolingbrookPinconning: 2 residents work here (2%)Beaverton: 2 residents work here (2%)West BranchStandish: 4 residents work here (4%)Gladwin: 6 residents work here (6%)Mount Pleasant: 2 residents work here (2%)Bay City: 2 residents work here (2%)Midland: 8 residents work here (8%)Lansing: 2 residents work here (2%)Detroit: 2 residents work here (2%)Moffatt TownshipSecord TownshipBangor Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Edenville TownshipGrim TownshipEdwards TownshipClement TownshipBourret TownshipChurchill TownshipMills TownshipRichland TownshipDenton TownshipMidlandGladwinStandishBangor TownshipPinconningBeavertonBourret Township
1
Midland33.1 mi away
8%8
2
Gladwin14.5 mi away
6%6
3
Standish16.5 mi away
4%4
4
Bangor Township35.8 mi away
3%3
5
Pinconning22 mi away
2%2
6
Beaverton19.5 mi away
2%2
7
Mount Pleasant43.8 mi away
2%2
8
Bay City39.7 mi away
2%2
9
Lansing97.2 mi away
2%2
10
Detroit132 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
67%68
The top trips

Where Bourret Township clocks in

8% of workers
33.1 mi awayMidland8 Bourret Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6%Gladwin
6% of workers
14.5 mi awayGladwin6 Bourret Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →
4%Standish
4% of workers
16.5 mi awayStandish4 Bourret Township residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

Bourret Township makes things: 95% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Bourret TownshipJobs Bourret Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms95%18%
Trade, transport & utilities5%28%
Services: health, schools, offices0%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%29%
Over $3,333 a month54%48%

Who does it

29 or younger16%10%
30 to 5451%60%
55 and older32%30%
−34%

Jobs based in Bourret Township, 2011 → 2021: 56 → 37. 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 Bourret Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Bourret Township: about 33 minutes

A year of commuting
251 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Bourret Township33 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Bourret Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Bourret Township gets to work
97%Drive alone
1%Walk
2%Bike

Share of the 128 commuters (the 5% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Bourret Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMidland: 8% · 33.1 miGladwin: 6% · 14.5 miStandish: 4% · 16.5 miBangor Township: 3% · 35.8 miPinconning: 2% · 22 miBeaverton: 2% · 19.5 miMount Pleasant: 2% · 43.8 miBay City: 2% · 39.7 miLansing: 2% · 97.2 miDetroit: 2% · 132 miMidland 8%Gladwin 6%Standish 4%Bangor Township 3%Pinconning 2%Bourret Township
Bourret TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi4 residents
22%10–24 mi22 residents
37%25–50 mi37 residents
38%Over 50 mi38 residents

About 38% 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

Work in the towns next to Bourret Township

Clement Township: few work hereGrim Township: few work hereMoffatt Township: few work hereClement TownshipGrim TownshipMoffatt TownshipBourret Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Moffatt Township25 min
Clement Township27 min
Bourret Township33 min
Grim Township39 min
Clement Townshipunder 2% of Bourret TownshipGrim Townshipunder 2% of Bourret TownshipMoffatt Townshipunder 2% of Bourret Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownBourret Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Bourret Township–——33 min$57,750
Clement Townshipunder 2%——27 min—
Grim Townshipunder 2%——39 min—
Moffatt Townshipunder 2%CC+25 min$70,357

Same-state neighbors only. Clement Township and Grim Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Bourret Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Bourret Township: questions

What is the median household income in Bourret Township?

$57,750 (±$13,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Bourret Township?

10.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Bourret Township?

33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Bourret Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Midland (8%, 33 mi), Gladwin (6%, 14 mi), Standish (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Bourret Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Bourret Township, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Bourret Township

Bourret Township home →
33min commute
HandbookGetting around Bourret TownshipRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in MIShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.