Jobs and the daily commute in Mendon
For 6% of workers, the job is at home (Michigan 14%). About one in ten work in Mendon; the top destination outside it is Mendon Township (12%, 2 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes; Michigan averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mendon at work: what stands out
Mendon makes and builds things
74% of the jobs based in Mendon are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mendon residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 41%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mendon than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mendon fell from 1,413 in 2011 to 513 in 2021, −64%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Mendon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 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 387 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods jobs make up 74% of work in Mendon
513 jobs are based in Mendon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mendon, 2011 → 2021: 1,413 → 513. 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 Mendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Mendon takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mendon workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 352 commuters (the 6% 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.
A workday in Mendon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 348 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Mendon on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
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 Mendon commutes to
Where Mendon clocks in
8% 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.
Where in the region Mendon works
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.
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 Mendon: questions
What is the median household income in Mendon?
$82,292 (±$9,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mendon?
8.5%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mendon?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mendon work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mendon Township (12%, 2 mi), Sturgis (8%, 15 mi), Portage (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Mendon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mendon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mendon
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.