Work & commute · Lyons

Work & commute in Lyons, MI

Most working residents leave Lyons for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ionia (14%), Grand Rapids (5%) and Lansing (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 1,362 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,261 Lyons residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyons.

1,261live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyons goes to work

Ionia9 mi away

14%190

Lyons (in town)right here

7%101

Grand Rapids38.4 mi away

5%73

Lansing25.7 mi away

4%60

Ionia5.7 mi away

4%50

Portland8.5 mi away

3%47

Cascade30.7 mi away

2%32

Wyoming41.5 mi away

2%27

Delta21.9 mi away

2%27

Kentwood35.9 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%729

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

How far

How far Lyons commutes

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

29%

25%

28%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyons is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyons are

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

Jobs based in Lyons

318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Lyons residents hold

1,362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−27%

Jobs based in Lyons, 2011 → 2021: 436 → 318. 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.