Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, MI

Most working residents leave Bath for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (24%), East Lansing (14%) and Meridian (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

264 of 5,049 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,785 Bath residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 1,614 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

4,785live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

1,614work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Lansing10.3 mi away

24%1,223

East Lansing5.9 mi away

14%699

Meridian6.5 mi away

6%321

Bath (in town)right here

5%264

Delta13.9 mi away

5%253

Lansing10.4 mi away

2%109

Alaiedon12.9 mi away

2%76

Delhi14.6 mi away

1%75

DeWitt6.3 mi away

1%74

Mason16.5 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,898

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

53%

17%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

1,878 jobs are based in Bath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bath

1,878 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bath residents hold

5,049 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+110%

Jobs based in Bath, 2011 → 2021: 895 → 1,878. 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.