Work & commute · Metamora

Work & commute in Metamora, MI

Most working residents leave Metamora for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lapeer (7%), Auburn Hills (6%) and Troy (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

104 of 1,851 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,747 Metamora residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Metamora.

1,747live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Metamora goes to work

Lapeer8.1 mi away

7%125

Auburn Hills18 mi away

6%118

Metamora (in town)right here

6%104

Troy25.1 mi away

5%93

Oxford6.3 mi away

5%93

Detroit39.1 mi away

4%79

Orion12.3 mi away

4%77

Pontiac19.7 mi away

4%71

Warren33 mi away

3%61

Sterling Heights27.4 mi away

3%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%978

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

How far

How far Metamora commutes

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

19%

38%

35%

19%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Metamora is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Metamora are

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

Jobs based in Metamora

921 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Metamora residents hold

1,851 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+12%

Jobs based in Metamora, 2011 → 2021: 819 → 921. 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.