Work & commute · Charlotte

Work & commute in Charlotte, MI

About one in 4 of Charlotte’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lansing (17%), Delta (7%) and East Lansing (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

838 of 3,707 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,869 Charlotte residents head out of town to work, 838 work right here, and 4,534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charlotte.

2,869live here, work elsewhere

838live and work here

4,534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charlotte goes to work

Charlotte (in town)right here

23%838

Lansing17.2 mi away

17%627

Delta14.2 mi away

7%251

East Lansing21.8 mi away

3%106

Delhi15.7 mi away

2%79

Blackman27.9 mi away

2%58

Windsor9.8 mi away

2%58

Eaton Rapids10 mi away

2%57

Meridian23.7 mi away

2%57

Eaton3.5 mi away

1%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,527

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

How far

How far Charlotte commutes

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

27%

42%

12%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charlotte is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Charlotte are

5,372 jobs are based in Charlotte. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Charlotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Charlotte

5,372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Charlotte residents hold

3,707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+6%

Jobs based in Charlotte, 2011 → 2021: 5,081 → 5,372. 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.