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Work & commute · Sciota

Work & commute in Sciota, MI

Most working residents leave Sciota for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Owosso (9%), East Lansing (6%) and Caledonia (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 591 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 587 Sciota residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sciota.

587live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
61work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sciota goes to work

LaingsburgPerryCorunnaOwossoEast LansingWarrenLansingNew YorkWoodhullVictorDuplainMeridianPerrySciotaBenningtonOwossoCaledoniaOwossoEast LansingCaledoniaPerryWarrenMeridianLaingsburgLansingOwossoCorunnaSciota
1
Owosso9.6 mi away
9%51
2
East Lansing13.5 mi away
6%38
3
Caledonia12.8 mi away
4%21
4
Perry7.2 mi away
3%18
5
Warren71.7 mi away
3%18
6
Meridian13.4 mi away
3%18
7
Laingsburg1.8 mi away
3%17
8
Lansing17.9 mi away
3%17
9
Owosso7.7 mi away
3%17
10
Corunna11.7 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%363

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

How far

How far Sciota commutes

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

19%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sciota 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 Sciota are

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

Jobs based in Sciota

65 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month48%
Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Sciota residents hold

591 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+71%

Jobs based in Sciota, 2011 → 2021: 38 → 65. 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.

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