Work & commute · Leighton

Work & commute in Leighton, MI

Most working residents leave Leighton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (15%), Wyoming (8%) and Kentwood (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

196 of 3,367 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,171 Leighton residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 1,479 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leighton.

3,171live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

1,479work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leighton goes to work

Grand Rapids16.2 mi away

15%495

Wyoming12.2 mi away

8%266

Kentwood10.8 mi away

7%243

Byron8.2 mi away

6%218

Leighton (in town)right here

6%196

Cascade13.1 mi away

4%134

Dorr5.8 mi away

4%123

Gaines5.2 mi away

3%111

Caledonia7.3 mi away

3%105

Walker19.9 mi away

2%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,410

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

How far

How far Leighton commutes

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

33%

46%

13%

33%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leighton is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leighton are

1,675 jobs are based in Leighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leighton

1,675 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Leighton residents hold

3,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+29%

Jobs based in Leighton, 2011 → 2021: 1,295 → 1,675. 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.