Work & commute · Alaiedon

Work & commute in Alaiedon, MI

Most working residents leave Alaiedon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (22%), East Lansing (8%) and Mason (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,194 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,125 Alaiedon residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 5,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alaiedon.

1,125live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

5,334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alaiedon goes to work

Lansing8.9 mi away

22%259

East Lansing8.5 mi away

8%100

Alaiedon (in town)right here

6%69

Mason3.7 mi away

5%65

Meridian6.4 mi away

5%63

Delta13.6 mi away

5%63

Delhi5.5 mi away

4%53

Detroit69.6 mi away

2%25

Lansing11 mi away

2%20

Windsor12.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%459

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alaiedon commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

20%

11%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alaiedon is a job hub

4.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alaiedon are

5,403 jobs are based in Alaiedon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alaiedon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alaiedon

5,403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Alaiedon residents hold

1,194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+52%

Jobs based in Alaiedon, 2011 → 2021: 3,556 → 5,403. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.