Photo: Dwight Burdette · CC BY 3.0Lambertville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Lambertville report 1,519 jobs, and 4,763 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Lambertville itself; outside it, Toledo draws the most (28%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lambertville in brief
Many Lambertville workers cross into Ohio
56% of Lambertville workers work outside Michigan, most of them in Ohio, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lambertville
63% of Lambertville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 22% of the jobs based in Lambertville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Lambertville pay little
39% of the jobs based in Lambertville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 45% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Many of the people who work in Lambertville live in another state
Toledo, OH (13%), Sylvania Township, OH (1%) and Sylvania, OH (1%) are among the top places Lambertville’s workers come from. Counting only the top ten home towns, 15% of the jobs here are held by people from out of state. The commute map ↓
Lambertville and Toledo trade workers both ways
Toledo is the top workplace for Lambertville residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Lambertville come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Where people from Lambertville work
Where Lambertville clocks in
28% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Lambertville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lambertville, 2011 → 2021: 1,184 → 1,519. 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 Lambertville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Lambertville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4,554 residents head out to work, 209 work right here, and 1,310 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,700 people are in Lambertville on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Lambertville’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lambertville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,551 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lambertville
About 19% 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.
Around Lambertville: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lambertville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambertville | – | — | — | 25 min | $102,521 |
| Whiteford Township | under 2% | A | D | 24 min | $100,521 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lambertville’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 Lambertville: questions
What is the median household income in Lambertville?
$102,521 (±$11,216) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lambertville?
5.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lambertville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lambertville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Toledo (28%, 6 mi), Bedford Township (11%, 2 mi), Sylvania Township (3%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Lambertville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lambertville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lambertville
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.