Work & commute · Richmond

Work & commute in Richmond, MI

Most working residents leave Richmond for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (6%), Detroit (5%) and Warren (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

75 of 1,557 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,482 Richmond residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 715 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richmond.

1,482live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

715work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richmond goes to work

Clinton18.8 mi away

6%89

Detroit35.6 mi away

5%85

Warren27.1 mi away

5%80

Sterling Heights21.8 mi away

5%78

Richmond (in town)right here

5%75

Chesterfield11.8 mi away

5%71

Richmond3.9 mi away

4%70

Troy25.2 mi away

4%68

Auburn Hills25.3 mi away

4%59

Armada5.3 mi away

3%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%828

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

How far

How far Richmond commutes

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

20%

38%

34%

20%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richmond is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Richmond are

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

Jobs based in Richmond

790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Richmond residents hold

1,557 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−19%

Jobs based in Richmond, 2011 → 2021: 973 → 790. 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.