Work & commute · Riverview

Work & commute in Riverview, MI

Most working residents leave Riverview for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (12%), Dearborn (8%) and Taylor (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

294 of 5,039 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,745 Riverview residents head out of town to work, 294 work right here, and 3,475 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverview.

4,745live here, work elsewhere

294live and work here

3,475work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverview goes to work

Detroit15.3 mi away

12%615

Dearborn9.7 mi away

8%412

Riverview (in town)right here

6%294

Taylor5 mi away

5%228

Wyandotte3.3 mi away

4%206

Southgate2.2 mi away

3%176

Romulus9.3 mi away

3%167

Southfield21 mi away

3%157

Livonia17.8 mi away

3%151

Troy28.5 mi away

2%123

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,510

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

How far

How far Riverview commutes

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

37%

38%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverview is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverview are

3,769 jobs are based in Riverview. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverview’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Riverview

3,769 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Riverview residents hold

5,039 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+335%

Jobs based in Riverview, 2011 → 2021: 866 → 3,769. 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.