Work & commute · Elsie

Work & commute in Elsie, MI

Most working residents leave Elsie for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are St. Johns (11%), Duplain (11%) and Lansing (10%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 378 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 364 Elsie residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elsie.

364live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elsie goes to work

St. Johns10.4 mi away

11%42

Duplain2.1 mi away

11%40

Lansing27.3 mi away

10%39

East Lansing24 mi away

5%20

Owosso12.6 mi away

4%16

Delta28.5 mi away

4%15

Meridian25.2 mi away

2%8

Caledonia15.6 mi away

2%8

DeWitt20.4 mi away

2%7

Watertown23.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%176

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

How far

How far Elsie commutes

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

18%

31%

32%

19%

18%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elsie is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elsie are

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

Jobs based in Elsie

166 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Elsie residents hold

378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+159%

Jobs based in Elsie, 2011 → 2021: 64 → 166. 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.