Work & commute · Roseville

Work & commute in Roseville, MI

Most working residents leave Roseville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (12%), Warren (11%) and Troy (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,212 of 19,990 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 18,778 Roseville residents head out of town to work, 1,212 work right here, and 13,276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roseville.

18,778live here, work elsewhere

1,212live and work here

13,276work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roseville goes to work

Detroit12.1 mi away

12%2,477

Warren4.6 mi away

11%2,124

Troy11.9 mi away

7%1,417

Roseville (in town)right here

6%1,212

Clinton5.8 mi away

6%1,146

Sterling Heights7 mi away

5%1,058

Southfield16.6 mi away

3%606

St. Clair Shores2.5 mi away

3%574

Shelby12.5 mi away

2%467

Chesterfield13.6 mi away

2%425

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%8,484

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

How far

How far Roseville commutes

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

47%

39%

47%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roseville is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roseville are

14,488 jobs are based in Roseville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roseville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roseville

14,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Roseville residents hold

19,990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−11%

Jobs based in Roseville, 2011 → 2021: 16,307 → 14,488. 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.