Work & commute · Greenbush

Work & commute in Greenbush, MI

Most working residents leave Greenbush for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Johns (19%), Lansing (17%) and East Lansing (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,026 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 998 Greenbush residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenbush.

998live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenbush goes to work

St. Johns4.7 mi away

19%199

Lansing24.4 mi away

17%178

East Lansing22.1 mi away

5%53

Greenbush (in town)right here

3%28

Lansing22.9 mi away

2%21

Delta24.3 mi away

2%20

Bingham6.1 mi away

2%18

Duplain5.6 mi away

2%16

Delhi30.5 mi away

1%15

DeWitt16 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%464

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

How far

How far Greenbush commutes

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

27%

30%

22%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenbush is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenbush are

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

Jobs based in Greenbush

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Greenbush residents hold

1,026 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+145%

Jobs based in Greenbush, 2011 → 2021: 101 → 247. 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.