Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, MI

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (11%), Brighton (5%) and Novi (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

342 of 3,278 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,936 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 8,716 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

2,936live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

8,716work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Ann Arbor17.7 mi away

11%347

Brighton (in town)right here

10%342

Brighton3.5 mi away

5%155

Novi15.6 mi away

5%154

Genoa4 mi away

4%137

Farmington Hills21 mi away

4%121

Livonia22.9 mi away

3%106

Howell9.4 mi away

3%90

Southfield27 mi away

2%71

Plymouth18.2 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,685

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

How far

How far Brighton commutes

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

27%

43%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is a job hub

2.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

9,058 jobs are based in Brighton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brighton

9,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

3,278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−18%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2011 → 2021: 10,995 → 9,058. 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.