Brampton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Brampton Township for work; outside it, Escanaba is the main destination (33%, 12 miles). There are 33 jobs in Brampton Township, against 325 working residents. The two grades for Brampton Township are C for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brampton Township apart on work
Brampton Township and Escanaba trade workers both ways
Escanaba is the top workplace for Brampton Township residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Brampton Township come from (36% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Brampton Township is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Brampton Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brampton Township has about 740 people in it, 28% 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; with 325 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Brampton Township’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Brampton Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Brampton Township’s grade up ($80,313, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.9%) is left out: Brampton 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brampton Township could be anywhere from D to B.
Where people from Brampton Township work
Where Brampton Township clocks in
33% of workers
11% 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.
Brampton Township by day and by night
On a workday 324 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Brampton Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Goods, not services: 55% of the jobs in Brampton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brampton Township, 2011 → 2021: 8 → 33. 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 Brampton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Brampton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brampton Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brampton Township
About 21% 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 Brampton Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brampton Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Brampton 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 458 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). 1.2% of Brampton Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brampton Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brampton Township is 1,712th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,710 | Bay Township OH | 1,108 | $65K | 12.9% | 0.0% | 3% | C |
| 1,711 | Morgan Township IN | 1,228 | $52K | 5.6% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 1,712 | Brampton Township MI | 1,028 | $80K | 10.6% | 4.9% | <1% | C |
| 1,713 | Rush Lake Township MN | 1,073 | $75K | 10.1% | 6.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,714 | Caroga NY | 1,238 | $65K | 7.4% | 1.6% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Brampton Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 18% of Brampton Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Gladstone (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brampton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Township | – | C | D | 22 min | $80,313 |
| Gladstone | 11% | C− | A− | 18 min | $54,970 |
| Baldwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Escanaba Township | 5% | B | C+ | 25 min | $81,250 |
| Ensign Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Masonville Township | 2% | C | C+ | 22 min | $78,984 |
Same-state neighbors only. Baldwin Township and Ensign Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brampton 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 Brampton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brampton Township?
$80,313 (±$11,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brampton Township?
10.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brampton Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brampton Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Escanaba (33%, 12 mi), Gladstone (11%, 5 mi), Wells Township (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Brampton Township walkable?
Brampton Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brampton Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brampton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brampton 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.