Work & commute · Hamburg

Work & commute in Hamburg, MI

Most working residents leave Hamburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (15%), Brighton (3%) and Novi (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

499 of 9,733 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,234 Hamburg residents head out of town to work, 499 work right here, and 2,387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamburg.

9,234live here, work elsewhere

499live and work here

2,387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamburg goes to work

Ann Arbor14.9 mi away

15%1,467

Hamburg (in town)right here

5%499

Brighton5 mi away

3%319

Novi18.3 mi away

3%295

Livonia24.8 mi away

3%293

Farmington Hills24 mi away

3%285

Pittsfield19.6 mi away

3%261

Plymouth19.2 mi away

3%247

Brighton8.4 mi away

3%246

Green Oak6 mi away

3%246

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%5,575

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

How far

How far Hamburg commutes

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

20%

47%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamburg is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamburg are

2,886 jobs are based in Hamburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamburg

2,886 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Hamburg residents hold

9,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Hamburg, 2011 → 2021: 2,456 → 2,886. 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.