Work & commute · Milan

Work & commute in Milan, MI

Most working residents leave Milan for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (18%), Pittsfield (7%) and Ann Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

236 of 2,662 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,426 Milan residents head out of town to work, 236 work right here, and 1,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milan.

2,426live here, work elsewhere

236live and work here

1,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milan goes to work

Ann Arbor13.7 mi away

18%470

Milan (in town)right here

9%236

Pittsfield8.9 mi away

7%188

Ann Arbor16.7 mi away

3%88

Ypsilanti10.1 mi away

3%79

Saline7.9 mi away

3%74

Detroit36.4 mi away

3%73

Livonia27 mi away

2%65

York3.7 mi away

2%61

Dearborn29 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,269

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

How far

How far Milan commutes

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

23%

45%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milan is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milan are

1,621 jobs are based in Milan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milan

1,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Milan residents hold

2,662 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−35%

Jobs based in Milan, 2011 → 2021: 2,487 → 1,621. 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.