Work & commute · Vevay

Work & commute in Vevay, MI

Most working residents leave Vevay for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (22%), Mason (8%) and East Lansing (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 1,551 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,511 Vevay residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vevay.

1,511live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

466work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vevay goes to work

Lansing14.1 mi away

22%334

Mason3.1 mi away

8%117

East Lansing14.8 mi away

7%116

Delhi8.4 mi away

5%73

Alaiedon6.4 mi away

4%60

Delta17.9 mi away

4%59

Meridian12.8 mi away

3%49

Vevay (in town)right here

3%40

Ingham5.6 mi away

3%40

Blackman16.8 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%635

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

How far

How far Vevay commutes

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

23%

50%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vevay is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vevay are

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

Jobs based in Vevay

506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Vevay residents hold

1,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+69%

Jobs based in Vevay, 2011 → 2021: 299 → 506. 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.