Work & commute · Mason

Work & commute in Mason, MI

Most working residents leave Mason for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (21%), East Lansing (8%) and Delta (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

372 of 3,415 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,043 Mason residents head out of town to work, 372 work right here, and 3,672 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mason.

3,043live here, work elsewhere

372live and work here

3,672work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mason goes to work

Lansing11 mi away

21%712

Mason (in town)right here

11%372

East Lansing11.8 mi away

8%260

Delta15.1 mi away

5%167

Delhi5.6 mi away

4%136

Meridian10.1 mi away

4%123

Alaiedon3.7 mi away

4%122

Blackman19.7 mi away

2%67

Lansing13.1 mi away

2%60

Detroit69.6 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,344

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

How far

How far Mason commutes

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

36%

35%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mason is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mason are

4,044 jobs are based in Mason. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mason’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mason

4,044 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Mason residents hold

3,415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−21%

Jobs based in Mason, 2011 → 2021: 5,112 → 4,044. 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.