Most of Lake LeAnn commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Lake LeAnn itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (12%, 13 miles). There are 49 jobs in Lake LeAnn, against 629 working residents. Commuters spend 40 minutes getting to work on average; the Michigan average is 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lake LeAnn
Lake LeAnn is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Lake LeAnn, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake LeAnn has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake LeAnn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 123 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 629 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Lake LeAnn on a workday
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Lake LeAnn on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Commuting from Lake LeAnn: about 40 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake LeAnn workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 692 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where Lake LeAnn’s working residents head each day
Where Lake LeAnn clocks in
12% 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.
Most jobs in Lake LeAnn are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake LeAnn, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 49. 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 Lake LeAnn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Lake LeAnn
About 26% 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.
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 Lake LeAnn: questions
What is the median household income in Lake LeAnn?
$89,076 (±$25,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake LeAnn?
4.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake LeAnn?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake LeAnn work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (12%, 13 mi), Hillsdale (6%, 14 mi), Blackman Township (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Lake LeAnn 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 Lake LeAnn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake LeAnn
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.