Work & commute · Lapeer

Work & commute in Lapeer, MI

Most working residents leave Lapeer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lapeer (13%), Auburn Hills (5%) and Troy (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

47 of 2,012 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,965 Lapeer residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lapeer.

1,965live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lapeer goes to work

Lapeer3.9 mi away

13%270

Auburn Hills22.9 mi away

5%93

Troy29.8 mi away

4%76

Warren37.6 mi away

4%74

Detroit43.9 mi away

3%63

Rochester Hills24.3 mi away

3%58

Orion17.2 mi away

3%52

Oxford11.2 mi away

2%49

Lapeer (in town)right here

2%47

Mayfield6.9 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%1,191

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

How far

How far Lapeer commutes

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

21%

25%

42%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lapeer is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lapeer are

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

Jobs based in Lapeer

692 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lapeer residents hold

2,012 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+200%

Jobs based in Lapeer, 2011 → 2021: 231 → 692. 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.