Buel Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
57 jobs are based in Buel Township, against 371 working residents. The two grades for Buel Township are D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Home is the office for 1% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Buel Township, in brief
Buel Township is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Buel Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Buel Township has about 840 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few Buel Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Buel Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Buel Township is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Buel Township’s grade up ($59,688, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.1%) is left out: Buel 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, Buel Township could be anywhere from D− to D.
The workday shuffle in and out of Buel Township
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Buel Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
How far Buel Township goes to work
About 31% 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 to work from Buel Township takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buel Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 368 commuters (the 1% 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.
9% of working residents work in Sandusky
Where Buel Township clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Buel Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buel Township, 2011 → 2021: 54 → 57. 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 Buel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Buel Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Buel Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 373 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). 0.8% of Buel Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Buel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Buel Township and other U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,894 | Frenchville ME | 1,019 | $55K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 15% | D− |
| 3,895 | Bessemer Township MI | 1,124 | $56K | 20.4% | 8.3% | 3% | D− |
| 3,896 | Buel Township MI | 1,153 | $60K | 23.0% | 7.1% | 1% | D− |
| 3,897 | Moodys OK | 1,108 | $49K | 18.5% | 0.9% | <1% | D− |
| 3,898 | Alto Bonito Heights TX | 1,121 | $36K | 81.0% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Buel Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Buel Township
The biggest share goes to Elk Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buel Township | – | D− | C− | 25 min | $59,688 |
| Lexington Township | under 2% | C+ | C+ | 28 min | $58,041 |
| Elk Township | 2% | C− | C+ | 26 min | $62,266 |
| Fremont Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fremont Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buel 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 Buel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buel Township?
$59,688 (±$7,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buel Township?
23.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buel Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Buel Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (9%, 11 mi), Port Huron (7%, 25 mi), Worth Township (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Buel Township walkable?
Buel Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Buel 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 Buel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buel 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.