Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Bridgewater Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Bridgewater Township has 223 jobs; 630 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Bridgewater Township B+; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Bridgewater Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bridgewater Township and work: the main findings
Where Bridgewater Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Bridgewater Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Bridgewater Township’s grade up ($103,226, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Bridgewater 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, Bridgewater Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Bridgewater Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bridgewater Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 641 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Bridgewater Township
On a workday 617 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Bridgewater Township on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
21% of working residents work in Ann Arbor
Where Bridgewater Township clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Bridgewater Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bridgewater Township, 2011 → 2021: 83 → 223. 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 Bridgewater Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Bridgewater Township commutes less than 18 miles
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.
Getting around Bridgewater Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bridgewater Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 713 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). 4.4% of Bridgewater Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bridgewater Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Bridgewater Township comes 1,251st 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 1,249 | Smithville OH | 1,333 | $72K | 6.7% | 1.8% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,250 | Lancaster Township IL | 1,351 | $91K | 6.6% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,251 | Bridgewater Township MI | 1,551 | $103K | 7.8% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,252 | Balfour NC | 1,134 | $70K | 5.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,253 | Rossmoyne OH | 1,504 | $44K | 4.1% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Bridgewater Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Bridgewater Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bridgewater Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Township | – | B+ | D | 31 min | $103,226 |
| Saline Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $102,500 |
| Manchester Township | under 3% | B | C | 32 min | $84,732 |
| Freedom Township | under 3% | A− | C | 28 min | $112,969 |
| Clinton Township | under 3% | B− | B | 31 min | $76,954 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bridgewater 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 Bridgewater Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bridgewater Township?
$103,226 (±$11,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bridgewater Township?
7.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bridgewater Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bridgewater Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ann Arbor (21%, 16 mi), Pittsfield Township (6%, 14 mi), Scio Township (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bridgewater Township walkable?
Bridgewater Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bridgewater Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bridgewater Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bridgewater 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.