Work & commute · Davison

Work & commute in Davison, MI

Most working residents leave Davison for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (12%), Flint (5%) and Burton (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

487 of 8,599 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,112 Davison residents head out of town to work, 487 work right here, and 2,576 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davison.

8,112live here, work elsewhere

487live and work here

2,576work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davison goes to work

Flint9.1 mi away

12%1,016

Davison (in town)right here

6%487

Flint12.6 mi away

5%467

Burton5.2 mi away

5%420

Grand Blanc8.3 mi away

4%345

Davison2.3 mi away

4%323

Lapeer10.1 mi away

3%285

Warren42.9 mi away

3%223

Lansing56.5 mi away

2%208

Auburn Hills26.3 mi away

2%170

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,655

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

How far

How far Davison commutes

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

34%

23%

26%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davison is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Davison are

3,063 jobs are based in Davison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Davison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Davison

3,063 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Davison residents hold

8,599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+31%

Jobs based in Davison, 2011 → 2021: 2,339 → 3,063. 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.