Work & commute · Pittsfield

Work & commute in Pittsfield, MI

Most working residents leave Pittsfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (32%), Ann Arbor (3%) and Detroit (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,374 of 16,704 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 15,330 Pittsfield residents head out of town to work, 1,374 work right here, and 17,600 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsfield.

15,330live here, work elsewhere

1,374live and work here

17,600work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsfield goes to work

Ann Arbor4.7 mi away

32%5,298

Pittsfield (in town)right here

8%1,374

Ann Arbor8.1 mi away

3%559

Detroit33.6 mi away

3%484

Livonia21.9 mi away

3%437

Dearborn26.8 mi away

2%409

Scio9 mi away

2%378

Ypsilanti5.4 mi away

2%356

Ypsilanti6 mi away

2%344

Saline3.9 mi away

2%321

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%6,744

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

How far

How far Pittsfield commutes

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

54%

19%

18%

54%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsfield are

18,974 jobs are based in Pittsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittsfield

18,974 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Pittsfield residents hold

16,704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+24%

Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2011 → 2021: 15,313 → 18,974. 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.