Work & commute · Lee

Work & commute in Lee, MI

Most working residents leave Lee for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Holland (10%), Allegan (7%) and Holland (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,254 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,228 Lee residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lee.

1,228live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lee goes to work

Holland21.1 mi away

10%121

Allegan13 mi away

7%88

Holland24.8 mi away

7%88

South Haven10.7 mi away

4%51

Zeeland24.5 mi away

3%38

Walker40.3 mi away

3%37

Grand Rapids40.5 mi away

3%34

Kentwood38.1 mi away

2%30

Allegan14 mi away

2%26

Lee (in town)right here

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%715

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.

11%

42%

26%

20%

11%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lee is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lee are

161 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

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Lee residents hold

1,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+112%

Jobs based in Lee, 2011 → 2021: 76 → 161. 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.