Work & commute · Dansville

Work & commute in Dansville, MI

Most working residents leave Dansville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (18%), Mason (11%) and East Lansing (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 239 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 236 Dansville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dansville.

236live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dansville goes to work

Lansing17.1 mi away

18%44

Mason7.3 mi away

11%26

East Lansing16.2 mi away

8%18

Meridian13.2 mi away

5%12

Ingham0.4 mi away

5%11

Delhi12.7 mi away

4%9

Delta21.8 mi away

4%9

Jackson22.2 mi away

3%8

Alaiedon8.2 mi away

3%7

Ann Arbor35 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%89

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

How far

How far Dansville commutes

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

21%

54%

10%

14%

21%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dansville is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dansville are

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

Jobs based in Dansville

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Dansville residents hold

239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−37%

Jobs based in Dansville, 2011 → 2021: 151 → 95. 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.