Work & commute · Redford

Work & commute in Redford, MI

Most working residents leave Redford for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (18%), Livonia (10%) and Southfield (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

611 of 20,055 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,444 Redford residents head out of town to work, 611 work right here, and 7,858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redford.

19,444live here, work elsewhere

611live and work here

7,858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redford goes to work

Detroit9.8 mi away

18%3,535

Livonia4 mi away

10%1,984

Southfield5.8 mi away

7%1,329

Dearborn7 mi away

6%1,120

Farmington Hills7.5 mi away

5%974

Troy15.1 mi away

3%657

Novi11.4 mi away

3%637

Redford (in town)right here

3%611

Warren15.3 mi away

3%571

Romulus12.6 mi away

2%398

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%8,239

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

How far

How far Redford commutes

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

45%

44%

45%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redford 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 Redford are

8,469 jobs are based in Redford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redford

8,469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Redford residents hold

20,055 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−26%

Jobs based in Redford, 2011 → 2021: 11,413 → 8,469. 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.