Work & commute · Eaton Rapids

Work & commute in Eaton Rapids, MI

Most working residents leave Eaton Rapids for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (20%), Charlotte (6%) and Delta (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

251 of 2,098 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,847 Eaton Rapids residents head out of town to work, 251 work right here, and 1,457 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton Rapids.

1,847live here, work elsewhere

251live and work here

1,457work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton Rapids goes to work

Lansing14.9 mi away

20%417

Eaton Rapids (in town)right here

12%251

Charlotte10 mi away

6%119

Delta15.1 mi away

5%108

East Lansing18.6 mi away

3%71

Delhi10 mi away

3%65

Meridian19 mi away

3%63

Blackman18.7 mi away

3%54

Mason11.7 mi away

2%41

Windsor8.7 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%874

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

How far

How far Eaton Rapids commutes

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

19%

54%

20%

19%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton Rapids is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton Rapids are

1,708 jobs are based in Eaton Rapids. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eaton Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eaton Rapids

1,708 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Eaton Rapids residents hold

2,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−8%

Jobs based in Eaton Rapids, 2011 → 2021: 1,852 → 1,708. 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.