Work & commute · Green Oak

Work & commute in Green Oak, MI

Most working residents leave Green Oak for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (11%), Farmington Hills (5%) and Novi (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

426 of 8,284 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,858 Green Oak residents head out of town to work, 426 work right here, and 6,894 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Oak.

7,858live here, work elsewhere

426live and work here

6,894work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Oak goes to work

Ann Arbor13.4 mi away

11%896

Green Oak (in town)right here

5%426

Farmington Hills18 mi away

5%381

Novi12.4 mi away

4%335

Brighton5 mi away

3%285

Livonia18.9 mi away

3%273

Lyon6.5 mi away

3%256

Plymouth13.7 mi away

3%245

Brighton6.1 mi away

3%231

Wixom10.8 mi away

2%189

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%4,767

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

How far

How far Green Oak commutes

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

24%

47%

19%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Oak is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Oak are

7,320 jobs are based in Green Oak. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Green Oak’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Green Oak

7,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Green Oak residents hold

8,284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+22%

Jobs based in Green Oak, 2011 → 2021: 6,018 → 7,320. 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.