Work & commute · Conway

Work & commute in Conway, MI

Most working residents leave Conway for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Handy (9%), Howell (7%) and Howell (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 1,453 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,413 Conway residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conway.

1,413live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

53work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conway goes to work

Handy7.4 mi away

9%132

Howell12 mi away

7%106

Howell8.8 mi away

4%64

Genoa17.5 mi away

4%57

Livonia43.5 mi away

3%46

Southfield46 mi away

3%41

Conway (in town)right here

3%40

Brighton21.2 mi away

3%39

Detroit56 mi away

2%35

Ann Arbor36.8 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%861

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

How far

How far Conway commutes

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

19%

27%

38%

16%

19%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conway is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conway are

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

Jobs based in Conway

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Conway residents hold

1,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+37%

Jobs based in Conway, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 93. 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.