Work & commute · Onondaga

Work & commute in Onondaga, MI

Most working residents leave Onondaga for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (18%), Delta (6%) and Delhi (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 1,200 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,170 Onondaga residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Onondaga.

1,170live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Onondaga goes to work

Lansing16.6 mi away

18%214

Delta18.4 mi away

6%68

Delhi10.4 mi away

5%65

East Lansing19.2 mi away

5%63

Mason9.1 mi away

5%57

Eaton Rapids5.8 mi away

3%40

Windsor12.5 mi away

3%33

Alaiedon12.6 mi away

3%31

Onondaga (in town)right here

3%30

Blackman13.8 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%575

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

How far

How far Onondaga commutes

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

14%

56%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Onondaga is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Onondaga are

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

Jobs based in Onondaga

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month60%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Onondaga residents hold

1,200 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+19%

Jobs based in Onondaga, 2011 → 2021: 194 → 230. 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.