Bowne Township has higher unemployment (8.3%) than 89% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Bowne Township itself; outside it, Grand Rapids draws the most (18%, 17 miles). Jobs and income earn Bowne Township A−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Measured by household income, Bowne Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bowne Township and work: the main findings
How Bowne Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bowne Township is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #175 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate holds Bowne Township’s grade up (0.8%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income 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, Bowne Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Bowne Township
2,063 jobs are based in Bowne Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowne Township, 2011 → 2021: 767 → 2,063. 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 Bowne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Bowne Township by day
On a workday 1,489 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 2,007 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Bowne Township on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.34 per resident).
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 towns that employ Bowne Township’s residents
Where Bowne Township clocks in
7% 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 26 minutes each way for Bowne Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowne Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,473 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.
Miles to work from Bowne Township
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.
In Bowne Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bowne Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #677 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Bowne 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 1,666 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.9% of Bowne Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bowne Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500, Bowne Township comes 943rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 24 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 139 | Dexter MI | 4,461 | $107K | 0.8% | 2.1% | 9% | A+ |
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| 148 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 941 | Greenwood LA | 3,077 | $64K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 4% | A− |
| 942 | Warren Township IN | 3,531 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.1% | 3% | A− |
| 943 | Bowne Township MI | 3,339 | $121K | 0.8% | 8.3% | 4% | A− |
| 944 | Eaton Rapids Township MI | 4,012 | $83K | 5.4% | 2.4% | 2% | A− |
| 945 | Wakefield Township MN | 2,829 | $108K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Bowne Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Bowne Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Caledonia Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowne Township | – | A− | D− | 26 min | $120,859 |
| Caledonia Township | 6% | A | C | 23 min | $111,365 |
| Campbell Township | under 3% | A− | C | 27 min | $85,128 |
| Irving Township | under 3% | B+ | D | 27 min | $76,367 |
| Lowell Township | 2% | A+ | C | 23 min | $104,794 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bowne 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 Bowne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bowne Township?
$120,859 (±$10,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowne Township?
0.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowne Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowne Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (18%, 17 mi), Kentwood (7%, 12 mi), Wyoming (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bowne Township walkable?
Bowne Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bowne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowne 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.