Work & commute · Armada

Work & commute in Armada, MI

Most working residents leave Armada for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling Heights (7%), Shelby (6%) and Clinton (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

184 of 2,198 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 2,014 Armada residents head out of town to work, 184 work right here, and 1,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Armada.

2,014live here, work elsewhere

184live and work here

1,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Armada goes to work

Armada (in town)right here

8%184

Sterling Heights19.9 mi away

7%146

Shelby14.1 mi away

6%137

Clinton18.4 mi away

5%114

Warren25.7 mi away

5%112

Troy22.2 mi away

5%107

Detroit34.1 mi away

5%100

Washington9.2 mi away

4%96

Auburn Hills21 mi away

4%87

Bruce6.5 mi away

3%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,039

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

How far

How far Armada commutes

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

19%

48%

24%

19%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Armada is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Armada are

1,570 jobs are based in Armada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Armada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Armada

1,570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Armada residents hold

2,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+28%

Jobs based in Armada, 2011 → 2021: 1,224 → 1,570. 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.