Work & commute · Lawrence

Work & commute in Lawrence, MI

Most working residents leave Lawrence for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lawrence (9%), Paw Paw (7%) and Kalamazoo (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 346 Lawrence residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 972 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lawrence.

346live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

972work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lawrence goes to work

Lawrence1.1 mi away

9%34

Paw Paw6 mi away

7%28

Kalamazoo24.3 mi away

4%16

Antwerp12.5 mi away

4%16

Portage23.9 mi away

4%14

Hartford5.6 mi away

2%9

Grand Rapids55.5 mi away

2%9

Watervliet9.9 mi away

2%9

Benton18.7 mi away

2%9

Oshtemo18.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%222

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

How far

How far Lawrence commutes

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

26%

33%

19%

23%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lawrence is a job hub

2.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lawrence are

1,000 jobs are based in Lawrence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lawrence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lawrence

1,000 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lawrence residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−18%

Jobs based in Lawrence, 2011 → 2021: 1,224 → 1,000. 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.