Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Lathrup Village are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Lathrup Village is better than 88% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). 5.6% of residents are in poverty, against 13.2% across Michigan. 22% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lathrup Village and work: the main findings
Lathrup Village trades workers with the towns around it
Lathrup Village has about as many jobs (1,788) as working residents (1,691), but they are mostly different people: 1,664 residents leave for work each day while 1,761 people come in. Only 2% of the jobs in Lathrup Village are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Lathrup Village than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Lathrup Village fell from 5,657 in 2011 to 1,788 in 2021, −68%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Lathrup Village and Detroit trade workers both ways
Detroit is the top workplace for Lathrup Village residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Lathrup Village come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Lathrup Village is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Lathrup Village
22% of Lathrup Village workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
The four measures behind Lathrup Village’s grade
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lathrup Village could be anywhere from B to A+.
Lathrup Village on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,664 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 1,761 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
In Lathrup Village, services account for most jobs
1,788 jobs are based in Lathrup Village.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lathrup Village, 2011 → 2021: 5,657 → 1,788. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lathrup Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
23% of working residents work in Detroit
Where Lathrup Village clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 23 minutes each way for Lathrup Village’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lathrup Village workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,569 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Lathrup Village, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lathrup Village
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,020 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Lathrup Village households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lathrup Village’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lathrup Village ranks: 475th of 4,177 U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 120 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 125 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Douglass Township PA | 3,874 | $80K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 474 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| 475 | Lathrup Village MI | 4,019 | $110K | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| 476 | Marlboro Meadows MD | 3,929 | $111K | 7.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A |
| 477 | Bradley Beach NJ | 4,163 | $97K | 5.8% | 2.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lathrup Village, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lathrup Village: questions
What is the median household income in Lathrup Village?
$109,893 (±$22,823) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lathrup Village?
5.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lathrup Village?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lathrup Village work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (23%, 10 mi), Southfield (8%, 2 mi), Dearborn (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Lathrup Village walkable?
Lathrup Village is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lathrup Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lathrup Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lathrup Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.