Work & commute · Brandon

Work & commute in Brandon, MI

Most working residents leave Brandon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn Hills (8%), Troy (7%) and Waterford (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

342 of 6,887 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,545 Brandon residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 1,158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brandon.

6,545live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

1,158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brandon goes to work

Auburn Hills14 mi away

8%545

Troy22 mi away

7%463

Brandon (in town)right here

5%342

Waterford12.5 mi away

5%337

Pontiac14.5 mi away

4%290

Warren30.7 mi away

4%256

Detroit35.1 mi away

4%245

Rochester Hills17.3 mi away

3%239

Orion9.1 mi away

3%233

Independence6.7 mi away

3%227

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,710

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

How far

How far Brandon commutes

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

18%

49%

25%

18%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brandon is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brandon are

1,500 jobs are based in Brandon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brandon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brandon

1,500 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Brandon residents hold

6,887 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−9%

Jobs based in Brandon, 2011 → 2021: 1,646 → 1,500. 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.