Work & commute · Sumpter

Work & commute in Sumpter, MI

Most working residents leave Sumpter for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (8%), Livonia (6%) and Dearborn (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

119 of 3,833 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,714 Sumpter residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 579 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumpter.

3,714live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

579work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumpter goes to work

Detroit25.5 mi away

8%297

Livonia18.9 mi away

6%222

Dearborn18.1 mi away

6%221

Romulus8 mi away

5%205

Van Buren6 mi away

5%176

Canton12 mi away

3%132

Ypsilanti8.6 mi away

3%130

Sumpter (in town)right here

3%119

Ann Arbor16.6 mi away

3%109

Taylor12.2 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,133

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

How far

How far Sumpter commutes

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

23%

47%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumpter is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumpter are

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

Jobs based in Sumpter

698 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Sumpter residents hold

3,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+88%

Jobs based in Sumpter, 2011 → 2021: 372 → 698. 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.