2025 Compare Cities Commuting:
East Lansing, MI vs West Lafayette, IN

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- The average commute for residents of West Lafayette is 0.9% shorter than it is for residents of East Lansing.
- 44.6% fewer residents of West Lafayette work from home compared to residents of East Lansing.
 East Lansing, MIWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Commute Time  Unlock1527
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 East Lansing, MIWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Auto (alone)50.8%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock4.3%8.6%
 Mass Transit6.7%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock3.8%0.5%
 Walk17.9%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock7.6%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 East Lansing, MIWest Lafayette, INUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.3.8%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock18.1%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.28.0%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock25.5%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.11.3%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock3.0%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.3.9%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock0.2%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.0.9%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock1.9%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.2.6%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock0.5%2.9%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for West Lafayette    11 Reviews

I am originally from Greencastle, Indiana, a nice friendly rural town and home to DePauw University. Presently, I live in West Lafayette, Indiana, due to my having been  More

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Over 11 years ago

It's a nice small town. It's too bad it's not closer to Indy. I think I would like it here  More

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Over 14 years ago

They have good schools, parks and always have events to  More

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