Work & commute · Leslie

Work & commute in Leslie, MI

Most working residents leave Leslie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (18%), Leslie (5%) and Mason (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 802 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 783 Leslie residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leslie.

783live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leslie goes to work

Lansing18.3 mi away

18%146

Leslie1.8 mi away

5%42

Mason7.6 mi away

5%40

Delhi12.2 mi away

5%39

East Lansing19.4 mi away

4%29

Meridian17.5 mi away

3%28

Delta21.6 mi away

3%23

Alaiedon11.1 mi away

2%19

Leslie (in town)right here

2%19

Blackman12.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%400

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

How far

How far Leslie commutes

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

14%

53%

11%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leslie is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leslie are

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

Jobs based in Leslie

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Leslie residents hold

802 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−24%

Jobs based in Leslie, 2011 → 2021: 248 → 189. 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.