Work & commute · Lenox

Work & commute in Lenox, MI

Most working residents leave Lenox for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (8%), Clinton (6%) and Chesterfield (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

154 of 4,756 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,602 Lenox residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 1,504 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenox.

4,602live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

1,504work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenox goes to work

Detroit30.3 mi away

8%395

Clinton13.2 mi away

6%308

Chesterfield5.6 mi away

6%285

Warren21.8 mi away

5%251

Troy21.4 mi away

5%240

Sterling Heights17.1 mi away

4%211

Shelby13.5 mi away

4%203

Lenox (in town)right here

3%154

Auburn Hills23.4 mi away

3%144

Mount Clemens12 mi away

3%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,440

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

How far

How far Lenox commutes

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

19%

45%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenox is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenox are

1,658 jobs are based in Lenox. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lenox’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lenox

1,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lenox residents hold

4,756 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Lenox, 2011 → 2021: 1,385 → 1,658. 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.