Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, MI

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Novi (5%), Detroit (5%) and Southfield (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

637 of 7,288 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,651 Milford residents head out of town to work, 637 work right here, and 9,364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

6,651live here, work elsewhere

637live and work here

9,364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Milford (in town)right here

9%637

Novi8.7 mi away

5%384

Detroit28.8 mi away

5%381

Southfield18.9 mi away

5%377

Livonia16.8 mi away

5%353

Farmington Hills13.1 mi away

5%345

Wixom5 mi away

4%266

Troy23.5 mi away

3%221

Ann Arbor21.2 mi away

3%213

Highland6.1 mi away

3%202

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,909

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

How far

How far Milford commutes

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

29%

46%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

10,001 jobs are based in Milford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milford

10,001 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Milford residents hold

7,288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+90%

Jobs based in Milford, 2011 → 2021: 5,260 → 10,001. 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.