Work & commute · Summit

Work & commute in Summit, MI

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (27%), Blackman (11%) and Leoni (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

867 of 8,851 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 7,984 Summit residents head out of town to work, 867 work right here, and 5,219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit.

7,984live here, work elsewhere

867live and work here

5,219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit goes to work

Jackson3.3 mi away

27%2,429

Blackman6.8 mi away

11%1,015

Summit (in town)right here

10%867

Leoni8.3 mi away

4%385

Ann Arbor36.1 mi away

4%339

Spring Arbor5.6 mi away

2%216

Sandstone8.5 mi away

2%178

Lansing36.2 mi away

2%170

Scio30.6 mi away

1%92

Chelsea22.4 mi away

1%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%3,073

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

How far

How far Summit commutes

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

59%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit are

6,086 jobs are based in Summit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Summit

6,086 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Summit residents hold

8,851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+10%

Jobs based in Summit, 2011 → 2021: 5,517 → 6,086. 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.