Work & commute · Metamora

Work & commute in Metamora, MI

Most working residents leave Metamora for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn Hills (8%), Lapeer (8%) and Detroit (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Metamora residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Metamora.

226live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Metamora goes to work

Auburn Hills18.9 mi away

8%19

Lapeer7.1 mi away

8%18

Detroit40.1 mi away

6%13

Orion13.1 mi away

5%12

Metamora1.2 mi away

5%12

Sterling Heights28.5 mi away

4%10

Troy26.1 mi away

3%8

Oxford6.9 mi away

3%8

Pontiac20.5 mi away

3%7

Rochester Hills20.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%119

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%

41%

33%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Metamora is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Metamora are

225 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

225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Metamora residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−56%

Jobs based in Metamora, 2011 → 2021: 508 → 225. 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.