Work & commute · Grand Ledge

Work & commute in Grand Ledge, MI

Most working residents leave Grand Ledge for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (24%), Delta (13%) and East Lansing (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

295 of 3,555 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,260 Grand Ledge residents head out of town to work, 295 work right here, and 2,193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Ledge.

3,260live here, work elsewhere

295live and work here

2,193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Ledge goes to work

Lansing9.7 mi away

24%845

Delta4.6 mi away

13%452

Grand Ledge (in town)right here

8%295

East Lansing13.3 mi away

6%207

Meridian16.6 mi away

3%91

Charlotte13.6 mi away

2%77

Watertown6.4 mi away

2%76

Delhi13.9 mi away

2%64

Lansing8 mi away

2%63

Windsor9.1 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,323

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

How far

How far Grand Ledge commutes

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

39%

35%

10%

17%

39%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Ledge is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Ledge are

2,488 jobs are based in Grand Ledge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Ledge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Ledge

2,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Grand Ledge residents hold

3,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−1%

Jobs based in Grand Ledge, 2011 → 2021: 2,520 → 2,488. 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.