Work & commute · Ortonville

Work & commute in Ortonville, MI

Most working residents leave Ortonville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Brandon (8%), Troy (8%) and Auburn Hills (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 641 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 607 Ortonville residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 480 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ortonville.

607live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

480work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ortonville goes to work

Brandon2.1 mi away

8%54

Troy23.5 mi away

8%50

Auburn Hills15.5 mi away

7%45

Independence7.4 mi away

4%25

Orion10.9 mi away

4%23

Rochester Hills19 mi away

3%22

Oxford7.3 mi away

3%21

Pontiac15.7 mi away

3%20

Sterling Heights27.7 mi away

3%18

Warren32.3 mi away

3%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%346

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

How far

How far Ortonville commutes

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

18%

46%

31%

18%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ortonville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ortonville are

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

Jobs based in Ortonville

514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Ortonville residents hold

641 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−37%

Jobs based in Ortonville, 2011 → 2021: 812 → 514. 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.