Work & commute · DeWitt

Work & commute in DeWitt, MI

Most working residents leave DeWitt for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (28%), East Lansing (11%) and Delta (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 2,176 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,063 DeWitt residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in DeWitt.

2,063live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where DeWitt goes to work

Lansing8.7 mi away

28%605

East Lansing8.1 mi away

11%237

Delta8.6 mi away

7%159

DeWitt (in town)right here

5%113

Meridian11.4 mi away

4%79

DeWitt2.8 mi away

3%76

Lansing7 mi away

2%54

Delhi14.9 mi away

2%45

Alaiedon16.3 mi away

2%35

Watertown3.9 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%739

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

How far

How far DeWitt commutes

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

53%

22%

16%

53%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

DeWitt is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in DeWitt are

1,007 jobs are based in DeWitt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs DeWitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in DeWitt

1,007 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs DeWitt residents hold

2,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+21%

Jobs based in DeWitt, 2011 → 2021: 830 → 1,007. 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.