Most of Brady Township commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
635 jobs are based in Brady Township, against 2,139 working residents. Jobs and income earn Brady Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Brady Township is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brady Township at work: what stands out
Brady Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Brady Township went from 324 in 2011 to 635 in 2021, +96%. The jobs ↓
Brady Township makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Brady Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Brady Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Brady Township is a place people come home to
There are 635 jobs based in Brady Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brady Township has about 3,000 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Brady Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brady Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #140 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment 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, Brady Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Brady Township makes things: 42% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brady Township, 2011 → 2021: 324 → 635. 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 Brady Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Brady Township
On a workday 2,033 residents head out to work, 106 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Brady Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
19% of working residents work in Portage
Where Brady Township clocks in
16% of workers
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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Brady Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brady Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,101 commuters (the 10% 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 many miles Brady Township commutes
About 19% 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.
In Brady Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brady Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #546 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,329 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). 5.2% of Brady Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brady Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,088 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,100, Brady Township comes 805th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 54 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 124 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 803 | Spring Grove IL | 5,526 | $134K | 1.4% | 7.3% | 5% | A− |
| 804 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| 805 | Brady Township MI | 4,485 | $109K | 3.9% | 3.6% | 5% | A− |
| 806 | Berlin Township OH | 4,646 | $94K | 7.5% | 0.0% | 19% | A− |
| 807 | Reliez Valley CA | 3,173 | $250K | 5.3% | 6.9% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,088 | 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 Brady Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Brady Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Schoolcraft Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brady Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Township | – | A− | C− | 26 min | $108,954 |
| Schoolcraft Township | 7% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $80,590 |
| Wakeshma Township | under 2% | B | C− | 29 min | $77,917 |
| Mendon Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 27 min | $75,962 |
| Pavilion Township | under 2% | B− | D | 25 min | $83,750 |
| Leonidas Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 27 min | $70,673 |
| Vicksburg | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $72,656 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brady 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 Brady Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brady Township?
$108,954 (±$9,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brady Township?
3.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brady Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brady Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage (19%, 9 mi), Kalamazoo (16%, 13 mi), Schoolcraft Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Brady Township walkable?
Brady Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brady 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 Brady Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brady 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.