With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Laingsburg works elsewhere
285 jobs are based in Laingsburg, and 500 of its residents work somewhere. Laingsburg grades C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% stay in Laingsburg for work; outside it, Owosso is the main destination (8%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Laingsburg: the figures worth knowing
Laingsburg’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Laingsburg is better than 36% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Laingsburg’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Laingsburg’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 three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Laingsburg could be anywhere from C− to A.
Near or far: the trip to work from Laingsburg
About 36% 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.
Laingsburg by day and by night
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Laingsburg on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
The places Laingsburg commutes to
Where Laingsburg clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Laingsburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laingsburg, 2011 → 2021: 280 → 285. 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 Laingsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from Laingsburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laingsburg workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 628 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute in Laingsburg is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laingsburg is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 716 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). 6.6% of Laingsburg households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Laingsburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Laingsburg comes 2,904th 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 152 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 187 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,902 | Limestone Township PA | 1,825 | $74K | 9.4% | 11.5% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,903 | Pioneer CA | 1,155 | $76K | 6.5% | 5.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,904 | Laingsburg MI | 1,402 | $77K | 24.0% | 4.4% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,905 | Goodhue MN | 1,247 | $89K | 16.9% | 3.7% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,906 | Atkinson NE | 1,316 | $79K | 7.8% | 1.5% | 42% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Laingsburg, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door to Laingsburg
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laingsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laingsburg | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $77,400 |
| Sciota Township | under 3% | B | C− | 29 min | $83,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laingsburg’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 Laingsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Laingsburg?
$77,400 (±$14,225) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laingsburg?
24.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laingsburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laingsburg work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owosso (8%, 11 mi), East Lansing (6%, 12 mi), Warren (4%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Laingsburg walkable?
Laingsburg is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laingsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laingsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laingsburg
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.