Work & commute · Westland

Work & commute in Westland, MI

Most working residents leave Westland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Livonia (11%), Detroit (8%) and Dearborn (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2,011 of 34,209 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 32,198 Westland residents head out of town to work, 2,011 work right here, and 12,578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westland.

32,198live here, work elsewhere

2,011live and work here

12,578work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westland goes to work

Livonia5.4 mi away

11%3,752

Detroit14.9 mi away

8%2,657

Dearborn8.7 mi away

6%2,128

Westland (in town)right here

6%2,011

Southfield12.4 mi away

4%1,402

Canton5.4 mi away

4%1,395

Romulus6.8 mi away

4%1,376

Farmington Hills11.5 mi away

4%1,278

Plymouth7 mi away

3%1,120

Ann Arbor18.2 mi away

3%1,049

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%16,041

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

How far

How far Westland commutes

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

46%

40%

46%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westland is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westland are

14,589 jobs are based in Westland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westland

14,589 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Westland residents hold

34,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−23%

Jobs based in Westland, 2011 → 2021: 18,851 → 14,589. 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.