Dansville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 34 minutes; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26. 95 jobs are based in Dansville for 239 working residents. Only 1% work in Dansville itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (18%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Dansville apart on work
Each way, about 34 minutes from Dansville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dansville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 9% 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.
Dansville by day and by night
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Dansville on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where the trip to work from Dansville ends
Where Dansville clocks in
18% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Dansville: what the 95 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dansville, 2011 → 2021: 151 → 95. 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 Dansville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Dansville
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.
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 Dansville: questions
What is the median household income in Dansville?
$119,107 (±$11,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dansville?
7.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dansville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dansville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (18%, 17 mi), Mason (11%, 7 mi), East Lansing (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Dansville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dansville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dansville
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.