Dimondale has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 129 jobs in Dimondale, against 467 working residents. The two grades for Dimondale are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dimondale
Dimondale is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Dimondale, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dimondale has about 850 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Dimondale works in Lansing
139 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Lansing, 6.2 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Dimondale itself. The commute map ↓
Most Dimondale residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 467 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Dimondale
On income, poverty and job access, Dimondale is better than 96% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Dimondale’s grade. It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (4.6%) is left out: Dimondale’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, Dimondale could be anywhere from A to A+.
A workday in Dimondale: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 458 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Dimondale on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
30% of working residents work in Lansing
Where Dimondale clocks in
30% 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 many miles Dimondale commutes
About 17% 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.
The kinds of work in Dimondale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dimondale, 2011 → 2021: 125 → 129. 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 Dimondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Dimondale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dimondale workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 579 commuters (the 19% 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.
Few in Dimondale walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dimondale is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 717 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). 2.1% of Dimondale households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dimondale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Dimondale comes 110th 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 108 | Oakland MO | 1,372 | $115K | 6.4% | 5.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 109 | Thornville OH | 1,111 | $102K | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 111 | Chatham Township MN | 1,388 | $159K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 112 | Keedysville MD | 1,225 | $150K | 2.4% | 4.9% | 1% | 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Dimondale, 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 Dimondale: questions
What is the median household income in Dimondale?
$111,042 (±$23,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dimondale?
3.2%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dimondale?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dimondale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (30%, 6 mi), Delta Township (11%, 5 mi), Windsor Township (7%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Dimondale walkable?
Dimondale is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dimondale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dimondale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dimondale
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.