Work & commute · South Lyon

Work & commute in South Lyon, MI

Most working residents leave South Lyon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Livonia (6%), Novi (6%) and Farmington Hills (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

301 of 5,083 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,782 South Lyon residents head out of town to work, 301 work right here, and 2,985 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Lyon.

4,782live here, work elsewhere

301live and work here

2,985work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Lyon goes to work

Livonia15 mi away

6%313

Novi8.6 mi away

6%302

South Lyon (in town)right here

6%301

Farmington Hills14.2 mi away

5%252

Lyon3 mi away

5%250

Detroit28.6 mi away

5%243

Southfield20.1 mi away

4%218

Plymouth10 mi away

3%160

Wixom7.6 mi away

3%145

Ann Arbor13.4 mi away

3%142

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,757

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

How far

How far South Lyon commutes

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

28%

46%

20%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Lyon is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Lyon are

3,286 jobs are based in South Lyon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Lyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Lyon

3,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs South Lyon residents hold

5,083 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+42%

Jobs based in South Lyon, 2011 → 2021: 2,319 → 3,286. 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.