Work & commute · Utica

Work & commute in Utica, MI

Most working residents leave Utica for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (10%), Sterling Heights (9%) and Shelby (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 2,204 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,127 Utica residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 5,469 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Utica.

2,127live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

5,469work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Utica goes to work

Troy6.9 mi away

10%218

Sterling Heights3.3 mi away

9%194

Shelby3.1 mi away

8%171

Warren9.4 mi away

6%132

Auburn Hills11.6 mi away

5%120

Clinton6 mi away

5%104

Detroit17.4 mi away

5%102

Rochester Hills7.3 mi away

4%79

Utica (in town)right here

3%77

Southfield16.1 mi away

3%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%946

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

How far

How far Utica commutes

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

51%

34%

51%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Utica is a job hub

2.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Utica are

5,546 jobs are based in Utica. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Utica

5,546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Utica residents hold

2,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+61%

Jobs based in Utica, 2011 → 2021: 3,442 → 5,546. 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.