Lupton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Employers in Lupton report 34 jobs, and 108 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Lupton; the top destination outside it is West Branch (12%, 15 miles). 20% of workers work from home (Michigan 14%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lupton by day and by night
On a workday 106 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Lupton on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where people from Lupton work
Where Lupton 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.
What Lupton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lupton, 2011 → 2021: 17 → 34. 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 Lupton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lupton’s commute takes about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lupton workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 commuters (the 20% 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 from Lupton, by distance
About 42% 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.
Lupton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Goodar Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lupton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lupton | – | — | — | 43 min | $60,208 |
| Goodar Township | 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Cumming Township | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goodar Township and Cumming Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lupton’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 Lupton: questions
What is the median household income in Lupton?
$60,208 (±$11,305) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lupton?
16.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lupton?
43 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lupton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Branch (12%, 15 mi), Rose Township (7%, 4 mi), West Branch Township (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Lupton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lupton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lupton
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.