Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, MI

About one in 3 of Jackson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Blackman (12%), Summit (5%) and Leoni (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

3,246 of 10,966 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 7,720 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 3,246 work right here, and 21,680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

7,720live here, work elsewhere

3,246live and work here

21,680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Jackson (in town)right here

30%3,246

Blackman3.8 mi away

12%1,310

Summit3.3 mi away

5%581

Leoni5.7 mi away

5%496

Ann Arbor34.5 mi away

4%390

Lansing33.5 mi away

3%278

Sandstone7.8 mi away

2%244

Chelsea20.3 mi away

2%202

Spring Arbor7.3 mi away

1%142

Scio28.9 mi away

1%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,968

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

How far

How far Jackson commutes

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

56%

18%

19%

56%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is a job hub

2.27jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

24,926 jobs are based in Jackson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jackson

24,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

10,966 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−14%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2011 → 2021: 29,151 → 24,926. 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.