Work & commute · Handy

Work & commute in Handy, MI

Most working residents leave Handy for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Howell (7%), Ann Arbor (5%) and Genoa (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

412 of 3,688 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,276 Handy residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 2,113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Handy.

3,276live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

2,113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Handy goes to work

Handy (in town)right here

11%412

Howell7.9 mi away

7%266

Ann Arbor30.6 mi away

5%175

Genoa12.9 mi away

5%172

Howell5.8 mi away

3%113

Brighton16.9 mi away

3%107

Novi32.3 mi away

3%101

Livonia39.8 mi away

2%92

Brighton19 mi away

2%90

Wixom29.3 mi away

2%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,076

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

How far

How far Handy commutes

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

24%

22%

39%

15%

24%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Handy is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Handy are

2,525 jobs are based in Handy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Handy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Handy

2,525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Handy residents hold

3,688 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+23%

Jobs based in Handy, 2011 → 2021: 2,054 → 2,525. 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.