Work & commute · Livonia

Work & commute in Livonia, MI

Most working residents leave Livonia for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (9%), Dearborn (6%) and Farmington Hills (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

6,984 of 42,901 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 35,917 Livonia residents head out of town to work, 6,984 work right here, and 66,652 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Livonia.

35,917live here, work elsewhere

6,984live and work here

66,652work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Livonia goes to work

Livonia (in town)right here

16%6,984

Detroit13.8 mi away

9%3,777

Dearborn10.1 mi away

6%2,484

Farmington Hills6.1 mi away

5%2,297

Southfield7.9 mi away

5%2,264

Novi8.1 mi away

4%1,526

Ann Arbor20.1 mi away

4%1,505

Plymouth6.5 mi away

3%1,369

Troy17.3 mi away

3%1,156

Canton8.5 mi away

2%927

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%18,612

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

How far

How far Livonia commutes

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

48%

42%

48%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Livonia is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Livonia are

73,636 jobs are based in Livonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Livonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Livonia

73,636 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Livonia residents hold

42,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+2%

Jobs based in Livonia, 2011 → 2021: 72,136 → 73,636. 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.