Parker Road-Charlotte River Bridge · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Bruce Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The two grades for Bruce Township are B− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. There are 186 jobs in Bruce Township; 636 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Bruce Township itself; outside it, Sault Ste. Marie draws the most (41%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Bruce Township: the gist
Bruce Township and Sault Ste. Marie trade workers both ways
Sault Ste. Marie is the top workplace for Bruce Township residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Bruce Township come from (34% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Bruce Township is a place people come home to
There are 186 jobs based in Bruce Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Bruce 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. Every town next door averages less (15 to 24 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 636 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bruce Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bruce Township is better than 46% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bruce Township’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
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, poverty and unemployment, Bruce Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Where people from Bruce Township work
Where Bruce Township clocks in
41% 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.
How a workday changes Bruce Township
On a workday 624 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Bruce Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The trip to work from Bruce Township: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 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 911 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Bruce Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bruce Township, 2011 → 2021: 79 → 186. 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.
The commute from Bruce Township, by distance
About 28% 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.
Getting around Bruce Township: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bruce Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bruce 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 978 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). 2.1% of Bruce Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bruce Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bruce Township places 2,482nd of 5,509 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
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| 100 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 137 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
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| 213 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
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| 2,480 | Luther OK | 1,694 | $52K | 8.3% | 1.7% | 7% | B− |
| 2,481 | Leeds ME | 2,406 | $85K | 19.8% | 2.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,482 | Bruce Township MI | 2,024 | $86K | 5.7% | 4.6% | 2% | B− |
| 2,483 | Paris Township OH | 1,661 | $80K | 13.2% | 2.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,484 | Roseland FL | 2,142 | $64K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
Work in the towns next to Bruce Township
The biggest share goes to Pickford Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bruce Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Township | – | B− | D− | 30 min | $85,950 |
| Pickford Township | 4% | B | C | 24 min | $99,688 |
| Soo Township | 3% | B | D | 17 min | $79,107 |
| Dafter Township | under 2% | D | C | 15 min | $65,588 |
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?
$85,950 (±$4,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bruce Township?
5.7%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bruce Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bruce Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sault Ste. Marie (41%, 12 mi), Kinross Township (8%, 17 mi), Pickford Township (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bruce Township walkable?
Bruce Township is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bruce Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.