Work & commute · Attica

Work & commute in Attica, MI

Most working residents leave Attica for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lapeer (8%), Imlay City (6%) and Auburn Hills (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 1,945 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 1,902 Attica residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Attica.

1,902live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Attica goes to work

Lapeer8.5 mi away

8%160

Imlay City4.3 mi away

6%126

Auburn Hills24.5 mi away

5%93

Warren37.4 mi away

4%81

Detroit44.4 mi away

4%77

Sterling Heights31.3 mi away

3%64

Troy30.4 mi away

3%61

Bruce13.8 mi away

3%58

Rochester Hills24.9 mi away

3%56

Attica (in town)right here

2%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%1,126

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

How far

How far Attica commutes

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

22%

45%

10%

22%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Attica is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Attica are

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

Jobs based in Attica

295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Attica residents hold

1,945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+76%

Jobs based in Attica, 2011 → 2021: 168 → 295. 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.