Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, MI

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (18%), Charlotte (18%) and Delta (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,633 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,606 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 377 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

1,606live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

377work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton goes to work

Lansing16.2 mi away

18%301

Charlotte3.5 mi away

18%289

Delta14.2 mi away

8%125

East Lansing20.7 mi away

4%63

Delhi13.6 mi away

2%35

Meridian22.1 mi away

2%29

Windsor8.6 mi away

2%28

Eaton Rapids6.5 mi away

2%27

Eaton (in town)right here

2%27

Potterville6.3 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%686

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

How far

How far Eaton commutes

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

26%

43%

11%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

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

Jobs based in Eaton

404 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

1,633 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+4%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2011 → 2021: 387 → 404. 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.