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Work & commute · Tompkins

Work & commute in Tompkins, MI

Most working residents leave Tompkins for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Blackman (13%), Jackson (12%) and Summit (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
17 of 931 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 914 Tompkins residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tompkins.

914live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
76work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tompkins goes to work

Eaton RapidsAlbionMasonCharlotteJacksonLansingAnn ArborOnondagaBlackmanEaton RapidsParmaSpringportSandstoneSpring ArborLeoniRivesSummitTompkinsBlackmanJacksonSummitAnn ArborEaton RapidsSpringportLansingAlbionMasonSpring ArborTompkins
1
Blackman8.1 mi away
13%118
2
Jackson11.5 mi away
12%109
3
Summit13.6 mi away
5%47
4
Ann Arbor41.9 mi away
4%39
5
Eaton Rapids10.8 mi away
4%34
6
Springport5.8 mi away
4%34
7
Lansing23.3 mi away
3%26
8
Albion14.3 mi away
2%21
9
Mason14.9 mi away
2%21
10
Spring Arbor11.9 mi away
2%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%461

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

How far

How far Tompkins commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
39%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tompkins is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tompkins are

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

Jobs based in Tompkins

93 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)26%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Tompkins residents hold

931 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−65%

Jobs based in Tompkins, 2011 → 2021: 265 → 93. 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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