Most of Shaftsburg commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 21% of workers, the job is at home; Michigan has 14%. Shaftsburg has 26 jobs, against 132 working residents. Hardly any work in Shaftsburg; the top destination outside it is East Lansing (11%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shaftsburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Shaftsburg on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 Shaftsburg’s working residents head each day
Where Shaftsburg clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
35% of the jobs in Shaftsburg make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shaftsburg, 2011 → 2021: 50 → 26. 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 Shaftsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Shaftsburg: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shaftsburg workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 212 commuters (the 21% 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 distance from Shaftsburg to work
About 29% 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 Shaftsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Shaftsburg?
$94,100 (±$17,928) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shaftsburg?
2.9%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shaftsburg?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shaftsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Lansing (11%, 10 mi), Meridian Township (8%, 8 mi), Troy (6%, 61 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Shaftsburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shaftsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shaftsburg
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.