DeWitt has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in DeWitt report 1,007 jobs; 2,176 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income DeWitt is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, DeWitt is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from DeWitt, in brief
The better-paid jobs are outside DeWitt
69% of DeWitt residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in DeWitt pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Nearly all the work in DeWitt is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
28% of DeWitt works in Lansing
605 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Lansing, 8.7 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in DeWitt itself. The commute map ↓
Many jobs in DeWitt pay little
27% of the jobs based in DeWitt pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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.
How DeWitt earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($110,341, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.1%, 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, DeWitt could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
In DeWitt, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeWitt, 2011 → 2021: 830 → 1,007. 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 DeWitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
28% of working residents work in Lansing
Where DeWitt clocks in
28% of workers
11% 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.
A workday in DeWitt: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,063 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in DeWitt on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Time on the road from DeWitt: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeWitt workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,955 commuters (the 20% 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.
Half of DeWitt commutes less than 10 miles
About 16% 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 DeWitt: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,443 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). 0.0% of DeWitt households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of DeWitt’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, DeWitt is 504th among 3,753 U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 502 | Salem Heights OH | 3,602 | $94K | 7.3% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| 503 | Le Claire IA | 4,741 | $105K | 6.8% | 1.8% | 7% | A |
| 504 | DeWitt MI | 4,795 | $110K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 5% | A |
| 505 | Pine Island MN | 3,911 | $104K | 4.0% | 1.7% | 8% | A |
| 506 | Waterville OH | 6,037 | $104K | 4.3% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,753 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 DeWitt, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
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 DeWitt: questions
What is the median household income in DeWitt?
$110,341 (±$12,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeWitt?
5.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeWitt?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeWitt work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (28%, 9 mi), East Lansing (11%, 8 mi), Delta Township (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is DeWitt walkable?
DeWitt is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeWitt without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeWitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeWitt
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.