Work & commute · Sunfield

Work & commute in Sunfield, MI

Most working residents leave Sunfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (13%), Odessa (6%) and Charlotte (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 788 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 763 Sunfield residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunfield.

763live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunfield goes to work

Lansing23.5 mi away

13%103

Odessa8.5 mi away

6%46

Charlotte14.4 mi away

6%45

Delta18.5 mi away

6%44

Vermontville5.8 mi away

4%31

Hastings14.2 mi away

4%28

Sunfield (in town)right here

3%25

East Lansing27.6 mi away

3%22

Thornapple23.9 mi away

2%17

Windsor19.3 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%411

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

How far

How far Sunfield commutes

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

15%

46%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunfield is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunfield are

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

Jobs based in Sunfield

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Sunfield residents hold

788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+44%

Jobs based in Sunfield, 2011 → 2021: 220 → 316. 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.