Work & commute · Ovid

Work & commute in Ovid, MI

Most working residents leave Ovid for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (16%), St. Johns (11%) and East Lansing (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 804 Ovid residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ovid.

804live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ovid goes to work

Lansing19.7 mi away

16%131

St. Johns6.3 mi away

11%86

East Lansing16.4 mi away

5%41

Ovid3.2 mi away

5%39

Delta21.1 mi away

3%26

Duplain6.1 mi away

3%24

Owosso13.1 mi away

3%22

Ovid (in town)right here

2%14

Meridian17.9 mi away

2%14

DeWitt12.9 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%408

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

How far

How far Ovid commutes

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

24%

45%

10%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ovid is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ovid are

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

Jobs based in Ovid

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ovid residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−66%

Jobs based in Ovid, 2011 → 2021: 229 → 78. 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.