Work & commute · Riley

Work & commute in Riley, MI

Most working residents leave Riley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (22%), Delta (7%) and St. Johns (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 847 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 839 Riley residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riley.

839live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riley goes to work

Lansing13.2 mi away

22%189

Delta11.4 mi away

7%58

St. Johns9 mi away

7%56

East Lansing13.2 mi away

6%53

DeWitt7.9 mi away

3%26

Olive5.4 mi away

2%20

Delhi19.5 mi away

2%20

DeWitt5.2 mi away

2%19

Meridian16.6 mi away

2%17

Watertown5.3 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%373

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

How far

How far Riley commutes

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

20%

52%

11%

17%

20%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riley is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riley are

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

Jobs based in Riley

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Riley residents hold

847 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+117%

Jobs based in Riley, 2011 → 2021: 41 → 89. 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.