Work & commute · Romeo

Work & commute in Romeo, MI

Most working residents leave Romeo for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Washington (11%), Bruce (8%) and Sterling Heights (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

136 of 1,538 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 1,402 Romeo residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 3,926 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Romeo.

1,402live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

3,926work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Romeo goes to work

Washington3.5 mi away

11%176

Bruce3.4 mi away

8%116

Sterling Heights15.5 mi away

6%91

Shelby9.2 mi away

6%86

Troy16.9 mi away

5%82

Detroit29.6 mi away

5%74

Clinton15.4 mi away

5%73

Warren21.6 mi away

4%67

Auburn Hills15.2 mi away

3%53

Rochester Hills12.6 mi away

3%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%680

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

How far

How far Romeo commutes

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

26%

48%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Romeo is a job hub

2.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Romeo are

4,062 jobs are based in Romeo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Romeo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Romeo

4,062 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Romeo residents hold

1,538 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+4%

Jobs based in Romeo, 2011 → 2021: 3,892 → 4,062. 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.