Work & commute · Davison

Work & commute in Davison, MI

Most working residents leave Davison for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Flint (10%), Davison (6%) and Lapeer (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

152 of 2,087 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,935 Davison residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 2,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Davison.

1,935live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

2,354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Davison goes to work

Flint8.8 mi away

10%210

Davison (in town)right here

7%152

Davison2.3 mi away

6%129

Lapeer9.8 mi away

5%102

Flint12.6 mi away

5%99

Grand Blanc10 mi away

5%94

Burton5.5 mi away

4%89

Lansing57.1 mi away

3%59

Warren44.9 mi away

2%46

Troy36.3 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,062

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%

22%

26%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Davison is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Davison are

2,506 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

2,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Davison residents hold

2,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in Davison, 2011 → 2021: 2,460 → 2,506. 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.