Work & commute · Lee

Work & commute in Lee, MI

Most working residents leave Lee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (14%), Battle Creek (10%) and Kalamazoo (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 422 Lee residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lee.

422live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lee goes to work

Marshall10 mi away

14%59

Battle Creek19.5 mi away

10%44

Kalamazoo37.7 mi away

5%20

Charlotte12.6 mi away

4%16

Emmett14.4 mi away

4%16

Olivet5.2 mi away

3%11

Albion11 mi away

2%9

Marshall9.9 mi away

2%9

Eaton Rapids13.9 mi away

2%8

Coldwater31.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%225

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

How far

How far Lee commutes

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

22%

35%

20%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lee is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lee are

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

Jobs based in Lee

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lee residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+61%

Jobs based in Lee, 2011 → 2021: 18 → 29. 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.