Work & commute · Lakefield

Work & commute in Lakefield, MI

Most working residents leave Lakefield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are McMillan (28%), Pentland (15%) and Sault Ste. Marie (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 351 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 320 Lakefield residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakefield.

320live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakefield goes to work

McMillan19.3 mi away

28%99

Pentland15 mi away

15%52

Lakefield (in town)right here

9%31

Sault Ste. Marie66.6 mi away

3%11

Breen96.1 mi away

3%11

Portage6.8 mi away

3%10

Manistique32.9 mi away

2%8

Escanaba74.2 mi away

2%7

Sagola110.5 mi away

2%6

Charlevoix70.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%113

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

How far

How far Lakefield commutes

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

28%

29%

38%

28%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakefield is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakefield are

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

Jobs based in Lakefield

176 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Lakefield residents hold

351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+102%

Jobs based in Lakefield, 2011 → 2021: 87 → 176. 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.