Work & commute · Lamotte

Work & commute in Lamotte, MI

Most working residents leave Lamotte for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Sandusky (13%), Marlette (7%) and Bad Axe (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 257 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 239 Lamotte residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lamotte.

239live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lamotte goes to work

Sandusky11.1 mi away

13%34

Marlette9.4 mi away

7%18

Lamotte (in town)right here

7%18

Bad Axe24 mi away

4%11

Colfax24 mi away

3%8

Caro17.9 mi away

3%7

Elkland13.4 mi away

3%7

Port Huron44.6 mi away

2%5

Winsor27 mi away

2%5

Oxford44.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%139

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

How far

How far Lamotte commutes

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

18%

32%

21%

29%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lamotte is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lamotte are

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

Jobs based in Lamotte

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Lamotte residents hold

257 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+111%

Jobs based in Lamotte, 2011 → 2021: 55 → 116. 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.