Work & commute · Genoa

Work & commute in Genoa, MI

Most working residents leave Genoa for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (8%), Brighton (5%) and Howell (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

659 of 8,334 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,675 Genoa residents head out of town to work, 659 work right here, and 7,975 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Genoa.

7,675live here, work elsewhere

659live and work here

7,975work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Genoa goes to work

Genoa (in town)right here

8%659

Ann Arbor20.1 mi away

8%654

Brighton4 mi away

5%448

Howell5.5 mi away

4%349

Brighton6.7 mi away

4%326

Farmington Hills25 mi away

4%305

Novi19.6 mi away

4%297

Livonia26.9 mi away

3%277

Green Oak8.6 mi away

3%259

Southfield30.9 mi away

2%177

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%4,583

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

How far

How far Genoa commutes

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

28%

34%

29%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Genoa is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Genoa are

8,634 jobs are based in Genoa. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Genoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Genoa

8,634 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Genoa residents hold

8,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+32%

Jobs based in Genoa, 2011 → 2021: 6,528 → 8,634. 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.