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Work & commute · Wheatfield

Work & commute in Wheatfield, MI

Most working residents leave Wheatfield for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (21%), East Lansing (13%) and Meridian (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 740 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
17%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 736 Wheatfield residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatfield.

736live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
136work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wheatfield goes to work

WilliamstonEast LansingLansingLockeLansingMeridianWilliamstownAlaiedonWheatfieldDelhiInghamLeroyBathDeltaLansingEast LansingMeridianWilliamstonAlaiedonDeltaDelhiLansingWilliamstownLeroyWheatfield
1
Lansing13.5 mi away
21%154
2
East Lansing11.4 mi away
13%99
3
Meridian8 mi away
9%67
4
Williamston3.7 mi away
4%28
5
Alaiedon5.5 mi away
3%22
6
Delta18.5 mi away
3%22
7
Delhi10.9 mi away
2%17
8
Lansing15.4 mi away
2%14
9
Williamstown7 mi away
2%14
10
Leroy5.3 mi away
2%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%289

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

How far

How far Wheatfield commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatfield is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatfield are

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

Jobs based in Wheatfield

140 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%
Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Wheatfield residents hold

740 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month67%
−19%

Jobs based in Wheatfield, 2011 → 2021: 173 → 140. 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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