Ezra E. and Florence (Holmes) Beardsley House · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Bronson Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%). There are 146 jobs in Bronson Township for 601 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bronson Township C+; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bronson Township, in brief
Bronson Township is a place people come home to
There are 146 jobs based in Bronson Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bronson Township has about 850 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bronson Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (22 to 27 minutes). 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 601 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Bronson Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bronson Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bronson Township’s grade up (8.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Bronson 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, Bronson Township could be anywhere from D to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Bronson Township
On a workday 592 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Bronson 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.
Time on the road from Bronson Township: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bronson Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 731 commuters (the 5% 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.
19% of working residents work in Coldwater
Where Bronson Township clocks in
19% of workers
8% 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.
In Bronson Township, 47% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bronson Township, 2011 → 2021: 86 → 146. 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 Bronson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bronson Township’s workers travel
About 20% 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.
Bronson Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bronson Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bronson 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 768 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). 1.4% of Bronson Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bronson Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Bronson Township comes 2,431st 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,429 | Smith Township IN | 1,096 | $67K | 10.7% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,430 | Centropolis Township KS | 1,045 | $64K | 7.7% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,431 | Bronson Township MI | 1,306 | $78K | 8.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,432 | Wayne Township OH | 1,527 | $65K | 8.2% | 4.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,433 | Gulich Township PA | 1,188 | $82K | 9.8% | 3.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Bronson Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bronson Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bronson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronson Township | – | C+ | D− | 36 min | $77,750 |
| Bronson | 5% | C− | A− | 22 min | $46,359 |
| Noble Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Matteson Township | under 2% | C | C− | 27 min | $70,385 |
| Burr Oak Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 22 min | $67,273 |
| Bethel Township | under 2% | D | D | 26 min | $63,118 |
Same-state neighbors only. Noble Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bronson. Darker towns draw more of Bronson 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 Bronson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bronson Township?
$77,750 (±$31,306) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bronson Township?
8.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bronson Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bronson Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Coldwater (19%, 14 mi), Sturgis (8%, 10 mi), Bronson (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bronson Township walkable?
Bronson Township is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bronson 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 Bronson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bronson 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.