Work & commute · Wolverine Lake

Work & commute in Wolverine Lake, MI

Most working residents leave Wolverine Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington Hills (7%), Commerce (7%) and Novi (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 2,120 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 2,095 Wolverine Lake residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 623 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolverine Lake.

2,095live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

623work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolverine Lake goes to work

Farmington Hills7.3 mi away

7%147

Commerce1.5 mi away

7%142

Novi5.2 mi away

7%141

Livonia12.3 mi away

6%121

Southfield12.8 mi away

5%110

Wixom3.1 mi away

5%97

Detroit22.9 mi away

4%88

Troy17.4 mi away

4%77

West Bloomfield5.1 mi away

3%61

Pontiac12.1 mi away

3%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,079

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

How far

How far Wolverine Lake commutes

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

37%

48%

37%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolverine Lake is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolverine Lake are

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

Jobs based in Wolverine Lake

648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Wolverine Lake residents hold

2,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−62%

Jobs based in Wolverine Lake, 2011 → 2021: 1,694 → 648. 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.