Work & commute · Howell

Work & commute in Howell, MI

Most working residents leave Howell for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (6%), Genoa (5%) and Brighton (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

476 of 4,102 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,626 Howell residents head out of town to work, 476 work right here, and 7,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howell.

3,626live here, work elsewhere

476live and work here

7,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howell goes to work

Howell (in town)right here

12%476

Ann Arbor25.2 mi away

6%242

Genoa5.5 mi away

5%222

Brighton9.4 mi away

4%156

Livonia32.1 mi away

4%152

Howell3.2 mi away

3%128

Novi24.5 mi away

3%114

Brighton11.1 mi away

3%112

Wixom21.4 mi away

2%98

Detroit45.2 mi away

2%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,312

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

How far

How far Howell commutes

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

27%

23%

39%

10%

27%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howell is a job hub

1.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Howell are

7,525 jobs are based in Howell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Howell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Howell

7,525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Howell residents hold

4,102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Howell, 2011 → 2021: 7,896 → 7,525. 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.