Work & commute · Memphis

Work & commute in Memphis, MI

Most working residents leave Memphis for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (7%), Richmond (5%) and Clinton (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 513 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 499 Memphis residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Memphis.

499live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Memphis goes to work

Detroit39.2 mi away

7%38

Richmond5.9 mi away

5%26

Clinton22.4 mi away

5%24

Sterling Heights25.4 mi away

4%22

Chesterfield15 mi away

4%22

Warren30.7 mi away

4%20

Armada7.8 mi away

4%19

Auburn Hills28.5 mi away

3%17

Shelby20.5 mi away

3%16

Richmond3.6 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%294

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

How far

How far Memphis commutes

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

15%

34%

40%

12%

15%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Memphis is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Memphis are

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

Jobs based in Memphis

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Memphis residents hold

513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−23%

Jobs based in Memphis, 2011 → 2021: 377 → 289. 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.