Work & commute · Walled Lake

Work & commute in Walled Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Walled Lake for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington Hills (8%), Novi (7%) and Wixom (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

110 of 3,299 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,189 Walled Lake residents head out of town to work, 110 work right here, and 2,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walled Lake.

3,189live here, work elsewhere

110live and work here

2,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walled Lake goes to work

Farmington Hills6.1 mi away

8%266

Novi4.1 mi away

7%231

Wixom3 mi away

6%212

Southfield11.7 mi away

6%206

Detroit21.7 mi away

6%183

Livonia11 mi away

5%150

Commerce2.8 mi away

4%136

Walled Lake (in town)right here

3%110

Troy17 mi away

3%104

West Bloomfield4.9 mi away

3%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,613

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

How far

How far Walled Lake commutes

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

41%

44%

41%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walled Lake is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walled Lake are

2,126 jobs are based in Walled Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walled Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walled Lake

2,126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Walled Lake residents hold

3,299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Walled Lake, 2011 → 2021: 1,984 → 2,126. 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.