Boyne Valley Township draws 1,102 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 1,157 jobs in Boyne Valley Township, and 549 of its residents work somewhere. Boyne Valley Township grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in ten stay in Boyne Valley Township for work; outside it, Boyne City is the main destination (17%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Boyne Valley Township, in brief
Boyne Valley Township is where the jobs are
Boyne Valley Township has 1,157 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 42% more than the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Boyne Valley Township and Boyne City trade workers both ways
Boyne City is the top workplace for Boyne Valley Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Boyne Valley Township come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Boyne Valley Township pay little
34% of the jobs based in Boyne Valley Township pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 549 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Boyne Valley Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Boyne Valley Township is better than 43% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Boyne Valley Township’s grade up (6.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Boyne Valley 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, Boyne Valley Township could be anywhere from C to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Boyne Valley Township
On a workday 494 residents head out to work and 55 work right here.
About 2,000 people are in Boyne Valley Township on a workday afternoon, 42% more 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 the people who work in Boyne Valley Township live
Where Boyne Valley Township clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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 Boyne Valley Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boyne Valley Township, 2011 → 2021: 180 → 1,157. 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 Boyne Valley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Boyne Valley Township: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boyne Valley Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Boyne Valley Township
About 17% 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 Boyne Valley Township gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boyne Valley Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 675 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). 6.1% of Boyne Valley Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Boyne Valley Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Boyne Valley Township ranks: 2,459th of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,457 | Hartford ME | 1,264 | $87K | 7.4% | 2.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,458 | Shelburne MA | 1,868 | $83K | 10.4% | 4.0% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,459 | Boyne Valley Township MI | 1,436 | $77K | 6.8% | 4.2% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,460 | Little Falls NY | 1,481 | $72K | 7.5% | 2.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,461 | Benton Township PA | 1,367 | $74K | 6.2% | 2.9% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Boyne Valley Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Boyne Valley Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boyne Valley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyne Valley Township | – | C+ | C | 23 min | $76,653 |
| Boyne City | 17% | C | B+ | 15 min | $64,855 |
| Wilson Township | under 3% | B− | D− | 22 min | $94,844 |
| Hudson Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Melrose Township | 3% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $97,059 |
| Warner Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hudson Township and Warner Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Boyne City. Darker towns draw more of Boyne Valley 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 Boyne Valley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Boyne Valley Township?
$76,653 (±$10,367) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boyne Valley Township?
6.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boyne Valley Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boyne Valley Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boyne City (17%, 8 mi), Petoskey (11%, 16 mi), Bear Creek Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Boyne Valley Township walkable?
Boyne Valley Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boyne Valley Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boyne Valley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boyne Valley 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.