Work & commute · Northfield

Work & commute in Northfield, MI

Most working residents leave Northfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (20%), Livonia (5%) and Novi (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

217 of 3,879 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 3,662 Northfield residents head out of town to work, 217 work right here, and 1,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northfield.

3,662live here, work elsewhere

217live and work here

1,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northfield goes to work

Ann Arbor7.8 mi away

20%777

Northfield (in town)right here

6%217

Livonia18.2 mi away

5%190

Novi13.8 mi away

3%113

Ann Arbor4.9 mi away

3%113

Green Oak5.6 mi away

3%102

Detroit32 mi away

3%98

Plymouth12 mi away

2%95

Pittsfield12.5 mi away

2%90

Farmington Hills19.2 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,003

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

How far

How far Northfield commutes

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

35%

40%

17%

35%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northfield is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northfield are

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

Jobs based in Northfield

1,621 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Northfield residents hold

3,879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+42%

Jobs based in Northfield, 2011 → 2021: 1,142 → 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.