Work & commute · Dallas

Work & commute in Dallas, MI

Most working residents leave Dallas for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (18%), St. Johns (9%) and Delta (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,051 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 968 Dallas residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dallas.

968live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dallas goes to work

Lansing21.9 mi away

18%193

St. Johns10.7 mi away

9%97

Dallas (in town)right here

8%83

Delta19.1 mi away

7%71

East Lansing22.2 mi away

5%49

Bengal5 mi away

2%24

Westphalia6.8 mi away

2%20

Lansing19.9 mi away

2%17

Ionia15.6 mi away

1%15

Watertown13.5 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%467

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

How far

How far Dallas commutes

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

21%

47%

13%

18%

21%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dallas is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dallas are

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

Jobs based in Dallas

438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dallas residents hold

1,051 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+24%

Jobs based in Dallas, 2011 → 2021: 352 → 438. 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.