Households in Bruce Township have higher incomes than those in 87% of U.S. towns
4.7% of residents are in poverty, where Michigan as a whole has 13.2%. Bruce Township grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 8% work in Bruce Township itself; outside it, Sterling Heights draws the most (8%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Bruce Township, in a few figures
Bruce Township trades workers with the towns around it
Bruce Township has about as many jobs (4,137) as working residents (3,900), but they are mostly different people: 3,597 residents leave for work each day while 3,834 people come in. Only 7% of the jobs in Bruce Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Bruce Township makes and builds things
61% of the jobs based in Bruce Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bruce Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Bruce Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 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.
What’s behind Bruce Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($117,989, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
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, Bruce Township could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Bruce Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,597 residents head out to work, 303 work right here, and 3,834 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Bruce Township makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
4,137 jobs are based in Bruce Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bruce Township, 2011 → 2021: 4,193 → 4,137. 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 Bruce Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Bruce Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bruce Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,020 commuters (the 12% 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 places Bruce Township commutes to
Where Bruce Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
Bruce Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Bruce Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bruce Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #309 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,571 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). 2.2% of Bruce Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bruce Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bruce Township is 573rd of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Grosse Pointe Farms MI | 9,735 | $161K | 2.5% | 1.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Jamestown Township MI | 10,702 | $120K | 2.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 571 | Smithfield VA | 9,112 | $113K | 5.4% | 2.5% | 12% | A |
| 572 | Douglas MA | 9,545 | $152K | 4.8% | 4.3% | 6% | A |
| 573 | Bruce Township MI | 10,175 | $118K | 4.7% | 3.6% | 8% | A |
| 574 | York Township MI | 9,130 | $137K | 5.1% | 4.3% | 3% | A |
| 575 | Chester NY | 12,877 | $140K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Bruce Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bruce Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Washington Township (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bruce Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Township | – | A | C+ | 32 min | $117,989 |
| Armada Township | under 4% | A | C | 29 min | $105,734 |
| Addison Township | under 4% | A− | C− | 32 min | $110,574 |
| Almont Township | under 4% | B | C | 36 min | $91,519 |
| Washington Township | 7% | A− | C | 30 min | $97,723 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bruce 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 Bruce Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bruce Township?
$117,989 (±$12,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bruce Township?
4.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bruce Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bruce Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sterling Heights (8%, 18 mi), Washington Township (7%, 6 mi), Warren (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bruce Township walkable?
Bruce Township is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bruce 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 Bruce Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bruce 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.