Work & commute · Ypsilanti

Work & commute in Ypsilanti, MI

Most working residents leave Ypsilanti for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (26%), Pittsfield (6%) and Ypsilanti (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,288 of 23,185 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 21,897 Ypsilanti residents head out of town to work, 1,288 work right here, and 10,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ypsilanti.

21,897live here, work elsewhere

1,288live and work here

10,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ypsilanti goes to work

Ann Arbor8 mi away

26%6,060

Pittsfield6 mi away

6%1,353

Ypsilanti (in town)right here

6%1,288

Ypsilanti2.4 mi away

4%862

Livonia17.2 mi away

3%804

Detroit28 mi away

3%652

Ann Arbor8.9 mi away

3%589

Dearborn21 mi away

2%529

Scio13.8 mi away

2%520

Romulus11.9 mi away

2%439

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%10,089

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

How far

How far Ypsilanti commutes

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

46%

31%

14%

46%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ypsilanti is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ypsilanti are

11,962 jobs are based in Ypsilanti. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ypsilanti’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ypsilanti

11,962 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Ypsilanti residents hold

23,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+12%

Jobs based in Ypsilanti, 2011 → 2021: 10,664 → 11,962. 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.