Work & commute · Novi

Work & commute in Novi, MI

Most working residents leave Novi for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington Hills (9%), Southfield (7%) and Livonia (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

2,972 of 26,582 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

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,610 Novi residents head out of town to work, 2,972 work right here, and 38,048 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Novi.

23,610live here, work elsewhere

2,972live and work here

38,048work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Novi goes to work

Novi (in town)right here

11%2,972

Farmington Hills5.7 mi away

9%2,333

Southfield11.6 mi away

7%1,867

Livonia8.1 mi away

7%1,761

Detroit20.7 mi away

6%1,597

Troy18.8 mi away

4%1,099

Ann Arbor18.7 mi away

3%801

Plymouth7.2 mi away

3%727

Dearborn18.1 mi away

3%717

Warren23.6 mi away

3%709

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%11,999

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

How far

How far Novi commutes

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

41%

43%

41%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Novi is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Novi are

41,020 jobs are based in Novi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Novi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Novi

41,020 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Novi residents hold

26,582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+50%

Jobs based in Novi, 2011 → 2021: 27,390 → 41,020. 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.