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Work & commute · Lilley

Work & commute in Lilley, MI

Most working residents leave Lilley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Big Rapids (11%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Big Rapids (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
6 of 269 working residents
Typical commute
33 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 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 263 Lilley residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lilley.

263live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
28work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lilley goes to work

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1
Big Rapids19.5 mi away
11%30
2
Grand Rapids56.9 mi away
8%22
3
Big Rapids18.9 mi away
4%12
4
Reed City19 mi away
4%10
5
Allendale55 mi away
3%9
6
White Cloud15.3 mi away
3%7
7
Kentwood62.7 mi away
3%7
8
Colfax12 mi away
3%7
9
Webber12.7 mi away
3%7
10
Lilley (in town)right here
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%152

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

How far

How far Lilley commutes

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

7%Under 10 mi
36%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lilley 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 Lilley are

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

Jobs based in Lilley

34 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities53%
Services (health, schools, offices…)26%
$1,250 a month or less47%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Lilley residents hold

269 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+10%

Jobs based in Lilley, 2011 → 2021: 31 → 34. 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.

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