Work & commute · Northville

Work & commute in Northville, MI

Most working residents leave Northville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Novi (7%), Livonia (7%) and Farmington Hills (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

146 of 2,648 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,502 Northville residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 2,655 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northville.

2,502live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

2,655work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northville goes to work

Novi2.9 mi away

7%194

Livonia6.5 mi away

7%186

Farmington Hills6.6 mi away

7%179

Detroit20 mi away

7%179

Southfield11.9 mi away

6%163

Northville (in town)right here

6%146

Ann Arbor16.6 mi away

5%130

Plymouth4.3 mi away

5%123

Dearborn16.5 mi away

4%103

Troy20.2 mi away

3%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%1,170

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

How far

How far Northville commutes

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

42%

43%

42%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northville are

2,801 jobs are based in Northville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Northville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Northville

2,801 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Northville residents hold

2,648 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−24%

Jobs based in Northville, 2011 → 2021: 3,685 → 2,801. 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.