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Work & commute · Stanton

Work & commute in Stanton, MI

Most working residents leave Stanton for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (10%), Grand Rapids (8%) and Sidney (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
54 of 504 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 450 Stanton residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 1,334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanton.

450live here, work elsewhere
54live and work here
1,334work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Stanton goes to work

StantonIoniaGreenvilleWalkerKentwoodGrand RapidsLansingRichlandSidneyEurekaBelvidereDouglassEvergreenDayHomeCrystalGreenvilleGrand RapidsSidneyIoniaLansingEvergreenWalkerKentwoodEurekaStanton
1
Stanton (in town)right here
11%54
2
Greenville11.8 mi away
10%50
3
Grand Rapids37 mi away
8%38
4
Sidney4.4 mi away
4%20
5
Ionia21.9 mi away
4%19
6
Lansing47.8 mi away
3%16
7
Evergreen4.4 mi away
3%13
8
Walker39.8 mi away
2%11
9
Kentwood38.3 mi away
2%11
10
Eureka12.9 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%261

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

How far

How far Stanton commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
34%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Stanton is a job hub

2.75jobs per working resident
A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanton are

1,388 jobs are based in Stanton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stanton

1,388 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)4%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)83%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Stanton residents hold

504 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−17%

Jobs based in Stanton, 2011 → 2021: 1,682 → 1,388. 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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