Work & commute · Scio

Work & commute in Scio, MI

Most working residents leave Scio for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (37%), Pittsfield (5%) and Ann Arbor (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

511 of 7,245 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,734 Scio residents head out of town to work, 511 work right here, and 8,995 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scio.

6,734live here, work elsewhere

511live and work here

8,995work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scio goes to work

Ann Arbor6 mi away

37%2,659

Scio (in town)right here

7%511

Pittsfield9 mi away

5%369

Ann Arbor8.1 mi away

3%247

Detroit38.4 mi away

3%192

Livonia25.1 mi away

2%153

Dearborn32.4 mi away

2%152

Southfield32.3 mi away

2%136

Plymouth18.6 mi away

1%101

Farmington Hills27.3 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,626

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

How far

How far Scio commutes

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

56%

14%

22%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scio is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scio are

9,506 jobs are based in Scio. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scio’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scio

9,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Scio residents hold

7,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−4%

Jobs based in Scio, 2011 → 2021: 9,854 → 9,506. 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.