Work & commute · Taylor

Work & commute in Taylor, MI

Most working residents leave Taylor for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (11%), Dearborn (8%) and Romulus (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

2,549 of 25,500 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 22,951 Taylor residents head out of town to work, 2,549 work right here, and 19,955 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylor.

22,951live here, work elsewhere

2,549live and work here

19,955work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylor goes to work

Detroit13.8 mi away

11%2,766

Taylor (in town)right here

10%2,549

Dearborn6.7 mi away

8%1,959

Romulus5.1 mi away

7%1,696

Livonia13 mi away

5%1,212

Southfield17.2 mi away

3%788

Ann Arbor24 mi away

3%756

Farmington Hills18.8 mi away

2%554

Troy25.5 mi away

2%449

Southgate3.5 mi away

2%448

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%12,323

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

How far

How far Taylor commutes

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

42%

40%

42%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylor is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylor are

22,504 jobs are based in Taylor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Taylor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Taylor

22,504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Taylor residents hold

25,500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−3%

Jobs based in Taylor, 2011 → 2021: 23,205 → 22,504. 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.