Work & commute · Lapeer

Work & commute in Lapeer, NY

Most working residents leave Lapeer for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cortland (16%), Cortlandville (10%) and Ithaca (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 343 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 342 Lapeer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lapeer.

342live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lapeer goes to work

Cortland10.6 mi away

16%54

Cortlandville10.2 mi away

10%35

Ithaca22 mi away

10%35

Dryden12.8 mi away

8%26

Ithaca19.9 mi away

5%17

Lansing22.7 mi away

5%16

Syracuse40.5 mi away

4%13

Virgil5.2 mi away

3%10

New York167.3 mi away

2%8

Homer14.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%121

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

How far

How far Lapeer commutes

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

10%

60%

11%

19%

10%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lapeer is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lapeer are

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

Jobs based in Lapeer

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Lapeer residents hold

343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Lapeer, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 68. 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 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.