Work & commute · Lima

Work & commute in Lima, MI

Most working residents leave Lima for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (27%), Chelsea (7%) and Scio (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37 of 1,783 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,746 Lima residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 454 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lima.

1,746live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

454work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lima goes to work

Ann Arbor11 mi away

27%489

Chelsea4 mi away

7%126

Scio5.1 mi away

6%113

Dexter4.3 mi away

3%61

Pittsfield13.1 mi away

3%61

Ann Arbor13.2 mi away

3%54

Livonia30.1 mi away

3%49

Detroit43.5 mi away

3%46

Lima (in town)right here

2%37

Dearborn37.5 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%715

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

How far

How far Lima commutes

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

33%

34%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lima is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lima are

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

Jobs based in Lima

491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Lima residents hold

1,783 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+66%

Jobs based in Lima, 2011 → 2021: 296 → 491. 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.