Work & commute · Aurelius

Work & commute in Aurelius, MI

Most working residents leave Aurelius for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (27%), East Lansing (8%) and Mason (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52 of 1,930 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,878 Aurelius residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurelius.

1,878live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurelius goes to work

Lansing11 mi away

27%522

East Lansing13.7 mi away

8%152

Mason5.6 mi away

6%113

Delhi4.9 mi away

5%101

Delta13.2 mi away

4%84

Meridian13.4 mi away

4%76

Alaiedon8.1 mi away

3%61

Aurelius (in town)right here

3%52

Charlotte14.5 mi away

2%36

Detroit74.6 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%705

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

How far

How far Aurelius commutes

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

28%

46%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurelius is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurelius are

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

Jobs based in Aurelius

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Aurelius residents hold

1,930 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+103%

Jobs based in Aurelius, 2011 → 2021: 116 → 236. 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.