Work & commute · Lapeer

Work & commute in Lapeer, MI

Most working residents leave Lapeer for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (3%), Auburn Hills (3%) and Troy (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

607 of 3,297 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,690 Lapeer residents head out of town to work, 607 work right here, and 7,526 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lapeer.

2,690live here, work elsewhere

607live and work here

7,526work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lapeer goes to work

Lapeer (in town)right here

18%607

Detroit47.1 mi away

3%111

Auburn Hills25.9 mi away

3%107

Troy33.2 mi away

3%102

Rochester Hills27.7 mi away

3%96

Flint18.5 mi away

3%95

Imlay City12.7 mi away

3%84

Oxford13.9 mi away

3%84

Orion20.2 mi away

2%69

Warren41.1 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,875

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.

25%

22%

38%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lapeer is a job hub

2.47jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lapeer are

8,133 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

8,133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Lapeer residents hold

3,297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−12%

Jobs based in Lapeer, 2011 → 2021: 9,254 → 8,133. 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.