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Jobs & commute in Loomis

Most of Loomis commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident

Loomis has 50 jobs, and 88 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Loomis; the top destination outside it is Mount Pleasant (19%, 14 miles). The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Loomis

On a workday 87 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.

87live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
49work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday160
200live here− 87head out to work+ 49come in to work= 160on a workday

About 160 people are in Loomis on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.57jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Loomis’ working residents head each day

ColemanLindenSt. Louis: 2 residents work here (2%)Clare: 5 residents work here (6%)Alma: 3 residents work here (3%)Mount Pleasant: 17 residents work here (19%)East Lansing: 2 residents work here (2%)Midland: 8 residents work here (9%)Wise Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Nottawa Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Chippewa Township: 12 residents work here (14%)Denver TownshipSurrey TownshipJasper TownshipUnion Township: 5 residents work here (6%)LoomisMount PleasantChippewa TownshipMidlandClareUnion TownshipAlmaLoomis
1
Mount Pleasant14.2 mi away
19%17
2
Chippewa Township13.4 mi away
14%12
3
Midland24 mi away
9%8
4
Clare5.9 mi away
6%5
5
Union Township16.4 mi away
6%5
6
Alma27.6 mi away
3%3
7
Wise Township0.9 mi away
3%3
8
St. Louis26 mi away
2%2
9
East Lansing72.1 mi away
2%2
10
Nottawa Township14.4 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%29
The top trips

Where Loomis clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Loomis works in goods: 72% of its jobs

Jobs based in LoomisJobs Loomis residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms72%16%
Trade, transport & utilities10%11%
Services: health, schools, offices18%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less18%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month72%41%
Over $3,333 a month10%42%

Who does it

29 or younger34%22%
30 to 5448%49%
55 and older18%30%
+285%

Jobs based in Loomis, 2011 → 2021: 13 → 50. 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 Loomis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Loomis takes about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
198 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Loomis26 min
Michigan24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Loomis workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Loomis gets to work
70%Drive alone
27%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 132 commuters (the 8% 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.

How far

Half of Loomis commutes less than 15 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMount Pleasant: 19% · 14.2 miChippewa Township: 14% · 13.4 miMidland: 9% · 24 miClare: 6% · 5.9 miUnion Township: 6% · 16.4 miAlma: 3% · 27.6 miWise Township: 3% · 0.9 miSt. Louis: 2% · 26 miEast Lansing: 2% · 72.1 miNottawa Township: 2% · 14.4 miMount Pleasant 19%Chippewa Township 14%Midland 9%Clare 6%Union Township 6%Loomis
LoomisTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi11 residents
47%10–24 mi41 residents
19%25–50 mi17 residents
22%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 22% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Loomis: questions

What is the median household income in Loomis?

$71,500 (±$25,534) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Loomis?

2.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Loomis?

26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Loomis work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mount Pleasant (19%, 14 mi), Chippewa Township (14%, 13 mi), Midland (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).

Can you get around Loomis without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Loomis, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Loomis

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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.