Lansing has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 23 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. Lansing has 67 jobs, against 226 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lansing for work; outside it, Wheeling is the main destination (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lansing
Most Lansing residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Lansing is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Lansing, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lansing has about 360 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lansing workers cross into West Virginia
20% of Lansing workers work outside Ohio, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Wheeling (19%), Moundsville (3%) and Glen Dale (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Lansing
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.
How a workday changes Lansing
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Lansing on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Out of Lansing to work: where people go
Where Lansing clocks in
19% 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.
The kinds of work in Lansing
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lansing, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 67. 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 Lansing’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lansing’s commute takes 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 Lansing workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 237 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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 towns around Lansing
The biggest share goes to Wolfhurst (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Lansing’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 Lansing: questions
What is the median household income in Lansing?
$44,219 (±$38,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lansing?
3.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lansing?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lansing work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wheeling (19%, 5 mi), Richland Township (8%, 6 mi), St. Clairsville (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lansing 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 Lansing, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lansing
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.