Work & commute · Ypsilanti

Work & commute in Ypsilanti, MI

Most working residents leave Ypsilanti for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (27%), Pittsfield (5%) and Detroit (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

558 of 7,543 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,985 Ypsilanti residents head out of town to work, 558 work right here, and 5,701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ypsilanti.

6,985live here, work elsewhere

558live and work here

5,701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ypsilanti goes to work

Ann Arbor6 mi away

27%2,045

Ypsilanti (in town)right here

7%558

Pittsfield5.4 mi away

5%378

Detroit28.2 mi away

4%266

Ypsilanti2.4 mi away

3%256

Livonia16.5 mi away

3%208

Dearborn21.5 mi away

2%159

Scio12 mi away

2%153

Ann Arbor6.5 mi away

2%145

Farmington Hills20.8 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,253

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.

50%

23%

16%

11%

50%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ypsilanti is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ypsilanti are

6,259 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

6,259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Ypsilanti residents hold

7,543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−9%

Jobs based in Ypsilanti, 2011 → 2021: 6,888 → 6,259. 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.