Powers Highway-Battle Creek Bridge · Photo: kennethaw88 · CC BY 4.0Brookfield Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Brookfield Township for work; outside it, Lansing is the main destination (17%, 20 miles). 65 jobs are based in Brookfield Township, against 492 working residents. For jobs and income Brookfield Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Brookfield Township, in brief
Brookfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Brookfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brookfield Township has about 1,000 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brookfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 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 492 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brookfield Township
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Brookfield Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Brookfield 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, Brookfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
A workday in Brookfield Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Brookfield Township on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Brookfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookfield Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 597 commuters (the 8% 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 Brookfield Township goes to work
Where Brookfield Township clocks in
17% 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.
Brookfield Township works in goods: 52% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookfield Township, 2011 → 2021: 292 → 65. 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 Brookfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Brookfield Township works
About 24% 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 Brookfield Township, most people drive to work
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 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 646 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). 1.3% of Brookfield Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brookfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Brookfield Township ranks 1,324th of 6,308 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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| 101 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 206 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,322 | East Valley NV | 1,283 | $125K | 4.9% | 3.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,323 | Union Hall VA | 1,445 | $103K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,324 | Brookfield Township MI | 1,472 | $87K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,325 | Turtle Lake Township MN | 1,258 | $120K | 5.4% | 0.5% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,326 | Parkland WI | 1,228 | $95K | 7.7% | 2.5% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Brookfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work in the towns next to Brookfield Township
The biggest share goes to Walton Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield Township | – | B+ | C− | 30 min | $87,083 |
| Walton Township | 2% | B+ | D− | 29 min | $89,167 |
| Clarence Township | under 2% | C | D | 29 min | $66,955 |
| Eaton Township | under 2% | A− | D | 24 min | $97,398 |
| Hamlin Township | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $91,944 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brookfield 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 Brookfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brookfield Township?
$87,083 (±$24,780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookfield Township?
7.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookfield Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookfield Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (17%, 20 mi), Charlotte (11%, 7 mi), Olivet (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Brookfield Township walkable?
Brookfield Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brookfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookfield 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.