Photo: User:Bryan Duggan · CC BY-SA 3.0Brandon Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Brandon Township report 1,500 jobs; 6,887 of its residents have a job. Brandon Township grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% stay in Brandon Township for work; outside it, Auburn Hills is the main destination (8%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Brandon Township apart
Brandon Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brandon Township is a place people come home to
There are 1,500 jobs based in Brandon Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brandon Township has about 10,000 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Brandon Township
62% of Brandon Township residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Brandon Township pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. 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.
Brandon Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Brandon Township is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #133 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Brandon Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
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, Brandon Township could be anywhere from B to A.
Time on the road from Brandon Township: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandon Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,112 commuters (the 20% 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 people are in Brandon Township by day
On a workday 6,545 residents head out to work, 342 work right here, and 1,158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Brandon Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
What Brandon Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandon Township, 2011 → 2021: 1,646 → 1,500. 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 Brandon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Brandon Township to work: where people go
Where Brandon Township clocks in
8% 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.
How far Brandon Township goes to work
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.
The commute in Brandon Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brandon Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #379 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,663 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). 1.8% of Brandon Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Brandon Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Brandon Township ranks: 634th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 7 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 24 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 76 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
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| 632 | Glen Carbon IL | 13,898 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 4% | A− |
| 633 | East Lyme CT | 19,223 | $105K | 5.5% | 3.2% | 15% | A− |
| 634 | Brandon Township MI | 15,541 | $94K | 6.6% | 3.0% | 5% | A− |
| 635 | Ewa Beach HI | 14,376 | $124K | 4.9% | 4.4% | <1% | A− |
| 636 | Evergreen Park IL | 19,283 | $96K | 4.0% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
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| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Brandon Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Brandon Township
The biggest share goes to Independence Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brandon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Township | – | A− | C | 33 min | $93,523 |
| Groveland Township | under 4% | A | D | 36 min | $105,959 |
| Independence Township | 3% | A | C | 29 min | $114,699 |
| Hadley Township | under 4% | A− | D | 40 min | $110,938 |
| Oxford Township | under 4% | B+ | C+ | 30 min | $114,076 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brandon 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 Brandon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brandon Township?
$93,523 (±$12,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandon Township?
6.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brandon Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brandon Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn Hills (8%, 14 mi), Troy (7%, 22 mi), Waterford Township (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Brandon Township walkable?
Brandon Township is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brandon Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brandon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandon 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.