Stage Coach Inn · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lapeer works elsewhere
Lapeer has 68 jobs for 343 working residents. Hardly any work in Lapeer itself; outside it, Cortland draws the most (16%, 11 miles). 2% of workers work from home, next to 15% for New York as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lapeer and work: the main findings
Lapeer is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Lapeer, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lapeer has about 510 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lapeer workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Commutes from Lapeer are quick
The average trip to work takes 27 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 343 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Lapeer
On a workday 342 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Lapeer on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Lapeer
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lapeer workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Lapeer commutes to
Where Lapeer clocks in
16% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 78% of the jobs in Lapeer
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lapeer, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 68. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lapeer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lapeer
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Lapeer and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Virgil (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lapeer workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapeer | – | — | — | 27 min | $62,955 |
| Marathon | under 3% | C | B | 28 min | $64,438 |
| Harford | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Virgil | 3% | B− | D | 27 min | $91,094 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lapeer’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 2023, 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 Lapeer: questions
What is the median household income in Lapeer?
$62,955 (±$14,358) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lapeer?
16.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lapeer?
27 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lapeer work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cortland (16%, 11 mi), Cortlandville (10%, 10 mi), Ithaca (10%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lapeer without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lapeer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lapeer
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.