Work & commute · West Bloomfield

Work & commute in West Bloomfield, MI

Most working residents leave West Bloomfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (11%), Southfield (8%) and Farmington Hills (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,737 of 26,957 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 25,220 West Bloomfield residents head out of town to work, 1,737 work right here, and 11,709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bloomfield.

25,220live here, work elsewhere

1,737live and work here

11,709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bloomfield goes to work

Detroit19.3 mi away

11%3,029

Southfield9.1 mi away

8%2,090

Farmington Hills5.6 mi away

7%1,948

West Bloomfield (in town)right here

6%1,737

Troy12.3 mi away

6%1,690

Livonia11.7 mi away

4%953

Warren19.1 mi away

3%936

Novi7.9 mi away

3%860

Auburn Hills10.4 mi away

3%822

Pontiac7.6 mi away

3%704

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%12,188

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

How far

How far West Bloomfield commutes

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

40%

46%

40%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bloomfield is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bloomfield are

13,446 jobs are based in West Bloomfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Bloomfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Bloomfield

13,446 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs West Bloomfield residents hold

26,957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−1%

Jobs based in West Bloomfield, 2011 → 2021: 13,539 → 13,446. 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.