Work & commute · Riga

Work & commute in Riga, MI

Most working residents leave Riga for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Blissfield (12%), Adrian (6%) and Ann Arbor (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 412 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 410 Riga residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riga.

410live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riga goes to work

Blissfield6.1 mi away

12%51

Adrian14.1 mi away

6%26

Ann Arbor35.4 mi away

5%21

Sylvania, OH7.5 mi away

5%19

Whiteford6.3 mi away

3%13

Raisin13.5 mi away

3%12

Madison13.7 mi away

2%10

Springfield, OH11.6 mi away

2%10

Tecumseh17.3 mi away

2%9

Dundee15.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%233

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

How far

How far Riga commutes

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

26%

33%

22%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riga is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riga are

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

Jobs based in Riga

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Riga residents hold

412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Riga, 2011 → 2021: 68 → 70. 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.