Work & commute · Danby

Work & commute in Danby, MI

Most working residents leave Danby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (14%), Ionia (7%) and Delta (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 955 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 941 Danby residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danby.

941live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danby goes to work

Portland4.4 mi away

14%137

Ionia14.7 mi away

7%63

Delta13.3 mi away

6%55

Lansing18.4 mi away

5%49

Grand Rapids39.7 mi away

5%44

Portland6.9 mi away

3%30

Watertown12.5 mi away

2%23

Cascade30.6 mi away

2%22

East Lansing21.6 mi away

2%17

Wyoming41.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%498

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

How far

How far Danby commutes

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

22%

34%

23%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danby is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Danby are

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

Jobs based in Danby

262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Danby residents hold

955 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+280%

Jobs based in Danby, 2011 → 2021: 69 → 262. 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.