Work & commute · Romulus

Work & commute in Romulus, MI

Most working residents leave Romulus for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (10%), Dearborn (6%) and Livonia (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,294 of 9,931 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,637 Romulus residents head out of town to work, 1,294 work right here, and 30,197 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Romulus.

8,637live here, work elsewhere

1,294live and work here

30,197work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Romulus goes to work

Romulus (in town)right here

13%1,294

Detroit17.6 mi away

10%1,013

Dearborn10.2 mi away

6%562

Livonia12.2 mi away

5%538

Taylor5.1 mi away

3%346

Southfield18.4 mi away

3%334

Ann Arbor19 mi away

3%320

Canton8.5 mi away

3%249

Van Buren6 mi away

2%227

Wayne4 mi away

2%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%4,853

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

How far

How far Romulus commutes

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

37%

43%

11%

37%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Romulus is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Romulus are

31,491 jobs are based in Romulus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Romulus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Romulus

31,491 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Romulus residents hold

9,931 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+10%

Jobs based in Romulus, 2011 → 2021: 28,690 → 31,491. 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.