Work & commute · Ingham

Work & commute in Ingham, MI

Most working residents leave Ingham for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (19%), Mason (9%) and East Lansing (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 1,001 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 952 Ingham residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ingham.

952live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ingham goes to work

Lansing16.7 mi away

19%194

Mason6.9 mi away

9%89

East Lansing15.8 mi away

7%68

Ingham (in town)right here

5%49

Delhi12.3 mi away

4%44

Meridian12.8 mi away

4%38

Alaiedon7.8 mi away

3%35

Vevay5.6 mi away

3%34

Delta21.3 mi away

3%33

Blackman19.1 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%399

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

How far

How far Ingham commutes

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

23%

51%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ingham is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ingham are

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

Jobs based in Ingham

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ingham residents hold

1,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−33%

Jobs based in Ingham, 2011 → 2021: 404 → 269. 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.