Work & commute · Napoleon

Work & commute in Napoleon, MI

Most working residents leave Napoleon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (22%), Blackman (8%) and Summit (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

158 of 2,676 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 2,518 Napoleon residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 752 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Napoleon.

2,518live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

752work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Napoleon goes to work

Jackson7.3 mi away

22%582

Blackman10.6 mi away

8%207

Summit7 mi away

7%186

Napoleon (in town)right here

6%158

Leoni6.8 mi away

6%153

Chelsea17 mi away

3%81

Ann Arbor29.8 mi away

3%77

Columbia5.2 mi away

2%66

Lansing39.6 mi away

2%48

Scio24.6 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,073

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

How far

How far Napoleon commutes

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

45%

22%

17%

16%

45%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Napoleon is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Napoleon are

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

Jobs based in Napoleon

910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Napoleon residents hold

2,676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+201%

Jobs based in Napoleon, 2011 → 2021: 302 → 910. 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.