Bushnell Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Bushnell Township itself; outside it, Carson City draws the most (7%, 8 miles). There are 67 jobs in Bushnell Township, against 379 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bushnell 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
What stands out about work in Bushnell Township
Fewer jobs are based in Bushnell Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Bushnell Township fell from 360 in 2011 to 67 in 2021, −81%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Bushnell Township is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Bushnell Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Bushnell Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 77 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 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bushnell Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Bushnell Township is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Bushnell Township’s grade up (10.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Bushnell 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, Bushnell Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Bushnell Township makes things: 28% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bushnell Township, 2011 → 2021: 360 → 67. 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 Bushnell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Bushnell Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 377 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Bushnell Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 34 minutes in Bushnell Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bushnell Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 496 commuters (the 10% 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.
Out of Bushnell Township to work: where people go
Where Bushnell Township clocks in
5% 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.
Miles to work from Bushnell Township
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.
In Bushnell Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bushnell Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 550 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). 10.6% of Bushnell Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bushnell Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bushnell Township next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 3,880th of 5,794 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 99 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,878 | Bellwood PA | 1,748 | $52K | 16.3% | 3.6% | 7% | C− |
| 3,879 | Spencer Township IN | 1,244 | $54K | 16.2% | 16.8% | 5% | C− |
| 3,880 | Bushnell Township MI | 1,575 | $66K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 1% | C− |
| 3,881 | McClellan Park CA | 1,486 | $24K | 34.1% | 10.2% | 6% | C− |
| 3,882 | Bethel Island CA | 1,864 | $75K | 34.6% | 35.5% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Bushnell Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bushnell Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bloomer Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bushnell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bushnell Township | – | C− | D | 34 min | $65,500 |
| Fairplain Township | under 2% | D | D | 27 min | $56,406 |
| Ronald Township | under 2% | C− | C− | 35 min | $63,098 |
| Evergreen Township | under 2% | C | D | 35 min | $59,144 |
| Bloomer Township | 4% | B− | C | 24 min | $86,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bushnell 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 Bushnell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bushnell Township?
$65,500 (±$9,843) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bushnell Township?
10.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bushnell Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bushnell Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carson City (7%, 8 mi), Ionia (6%, 14 mi), Lansing (5%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Bushnell Township walkable?
Bushnell Township is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bushnell Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bushnell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bushnell 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.