Brant Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 3% stay in Brant Township for work; outside it, Saginaw is the main destination (11%, 17 miles). Employers in Brant Township report 40 jobs; 712 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Brant Township is better than 47% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brant Township at work: what stands out
Brant Township is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Brant Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brant Township has about 1,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brant Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 712 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Brant Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Brant Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Brant 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, Brant Township could be anywhere from C to B.
In and out of Brant Township on a workday
On a workday 694 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Brant Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
About 34 minutes to work from Brant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brant Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 704 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where Brant Township goes to work
Where Brant Township clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 60% of jobs based in Brant Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brant Township, 2011 → 2021: 52 → 40. 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 Brant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Brant Township commutes less than 21 miles
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.
Most of Brant Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brant Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Brant 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 753 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 Brant Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Brant Township ranks: 2,250th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 203 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 244 | Sylvan Lake MI | 1,685 | $106K | 5.4% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,248 | Hemby Bridge NC | 1,764 | $72K | 19.8% | 2.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,249 | Amity OR | 1,782 | $87K | 16.7% | 3.8% | 5% | B− |
| 2,250 | Brant Township MI | 1,814 | $75K | 6.3% | 3.6% | 3% | B− |
| 2,251 | Fairfield Township PA | 2,034 | $71K | 7.0% | 8.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,252 | Americus Township KS | 1,368 | $86K | 7.7% | 3.8% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Brant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
The towns around Brant Township
The biggest share goes to St. Charles Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brant Township | – | B− | D− | 34 min | $75,069 |
| St. Charles Township | 6% | C+ | B− | 31 min | $62,939 |
| Marion Township | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Fremont Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 31 min | $107,813 |
| St. Charles | under 2% | C− | B+ | 27 min | $50,000 |
| Brady Township | under 2% | C | D− | 29 min | $67,315 |
Same-state neighbors only. Marion Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brant 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 Brant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brant Township?
$75,069 (±$9,105) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brant Township?
6.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brant Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brant Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Saginaw (11%, 17 mi), Chesaning Township (9%, 8 mi), St. Charles Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Brant Township walkable?
Brant Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brant 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 Brant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brant 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.