Work & commute · Wixom

Work & commute in Wixom, MI

Most working residents leave Wixom for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Novi (8%), Farmington Hills (7%) and Detroit (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

589 of 7,604 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,015 Wixom residents head out of town to work, 589 work right here, and 14,645 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wixom.

7,015live here, work elsewhere

589live and work here

14,645work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wixom goes to work

Wixom (in town)right here

8%589

Novi3.8 mi away

8%573

Farmington Hills8.3 mi away

7%506

Detroit23.9 mi away

6%457

Southfield14.2 mi away

5%416

Livonia11.8 mi away

4%335

Commerce3.9 mi away

3%258

Troy20 mi away

3%244

Ann Arbor19.9 mi away

3%208

Warren25.8 mi away

3%200

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,818

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

How far

How far Wixom commutes

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

36%

45%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wixom is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wixom are

15,234 jobs are based in Wixom. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wixom’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wixom

15,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Wixom residents hold

7,604 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+50%

Jobs based in Wixom, 2011 → 2021: 10,123 → 15,234. 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.