Work & commute · Easton

Work & commute in Easton, MI

Most working residents leave Easton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ionia (16%), Grand Rapids (7%) and Ionia (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 1,230 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,221 Easton residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Easton.

1,221live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

110work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Easton goes to work

Ionia3.6 mi away

16%196

Grand Rapids26.1 mi away

7%87

Ionia6.7 mi away

5%62

Cascade18.8 mi away

4%46

Lansing35.2 mi away

4%45

Lowell11.1 mi away

3%38

Boston8.8 mi away

3%37

Berlin6 mi away

3%33

Portland14.9 mi away

3%32

Kentwood24 mi away

3%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%622

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

How far

How far Easton commutes

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

29%

27%

28%

16%

29%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Easton is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Easton are

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

Jobs based in Easton

119 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Easton residents hold

1,230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+75%

Jobs based in Easton, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 119. 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.