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
7%
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
8%
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

DavisonLapeerBurtonWarrenFlintTroyLansingFlintGrand BlancForestRichfieldDavisonAtlasGeneseeFlintDavisonLapeerFlintGrand BlancBurtonLansingWarrenTroyDavison
1
Flint8.8 mi away
10%210
2
Davison (in town)right here
7%152
3
Davison2.3 mi away
6%129
4
Lapeer9.8 mi away
5%102
5
Flint12.6 mi away
5%99
6
Grand Blanc10 mi away
5%94
7
Burton5.5 mi away
4%89
8
Lansing57.1 mi away
3%59
9
Warren44.9 mi away
2%46
10
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%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.

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