Work & commute · Superior

Work & commute in Superior, MI

Most working residents leave Superior for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (26%), Ann Arbor (4%) and Pittsfield (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

178 of 6,035 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,857 Superior residents head out of town to work, 178 work right here, and 1,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Superior.

5,857live here, work elsewhere

178live and work here

1,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Superior goes to work

Ann Arbor7 mi away

26%1,585

Ann Arbor4.9 mi away

4%259

Pittsfield8.9 mi away

4%256

Livonia13.3 mi away

4%254

Detroit26 mi away

3%203

Ypsilanti6.2 mi away

3%195

Superior (in town)right here

3%178

Dearborn19.8 mi away

3%161

Canton5.8 mi away

2%142

Ypsilanti4.3 mi away

2%129

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,673

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

How far

How far Superior commutes

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

49%

28%

13%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Superior is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Superior are

2,172 jobs are based in Superior. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Superior’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Superior

2,172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Superior residents hold

6,035 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−68%

Jobs based in Superior, 2011 → 2021: 6,878 → 2,172. 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.