Work & commute · Van Buren

Work & commute in Van Buren, MI

Most working residents leave Van Buren for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (11%), Detroit (8%) and Dearborn (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

717 of 14,063 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,346 Van Buren residents head out of town to work, 717 work right here, and 9,354 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Buren.

13,346live here, work elsewhere

717live and work here

9,354work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Van Buren goes to work

Ann Arbor13.2 mi away

11%1,501

Detroit22.5 mi away

8%1,160

Dearborn15.3 mi away

6%781

Livonia13.5 mi away

5%769

Van Buren (in town)right here

5%717

Romulus6 mi away

5%697

Southfield21 mi away

3%465

Canton6 mi away

3%455

Ypsilanti5.9 mi away

3%399

Pittsfield11.9 mi away

2%336

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%6,783

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

How far

How far Van Buren commutes

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

26%

53%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Van Buren is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Van Buren are

10,071 jobs are based in Van Buren. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Van Buren’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Van Buren

10,071 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Van Buren residents hold

14,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+35%

Jobs based in Van Buren, 2011 → 2021: 7,481 → 10,071. 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.