Photo: Dave Parker · CC BY 3.0Northville’s household incomes are higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 2.8% of residents (Michigan 13.2%). Northville grades A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 35% of workers; Michigan has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Northville: the gist
Northville trades workers with the towns around it
Northville has about as many jobs (2,801) as working residents (2,648), but they are mostly different people: 2,502 residents leave for work each day while 2,655 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Northville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Northville works from home
35% of Northville workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Northville
71% of Northville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Northville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Northville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Northville is among the top U.S. towns, #6 of 701 in Michigan. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Northville’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Northville could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Northville
On a workday 2,502 residents head out to work, 146 work right here, and 2,655 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Northville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Northville workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,034 commuters (the 35% 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.
What Northville’s employers do
2,801 jobs are based in Northville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Northville, 2011 → 2021: 3,685 → 2,801. 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 Northville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
7% of working residents work in Novi
Where Northville clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
How far Northville’s workers travel
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Northville
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Northville is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns, #44 of 701 in Michigan. Both inputs place Northville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,122 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). 4.3% of Northville households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Northville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Northville next to U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100: 48th of 3,394 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| 47 | Hillandale MD | 5,060 | $165K | 3.5% | 2.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 48 | Northville MI | 6,013 | $146K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 49 | Independence OH | 7,456 | $116K | 2.4% | 1.5% | 11% | A+ |
| 50 | Aledo TX | 7,122 | $163K | 2.8% | 1.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Northville, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Northville compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Novi (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Northville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northville | – | A+ | A | 26 min | $145,530 |
| Northville Township | under 3% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $150,518 |
| Novi | 7% | A | B− | 26 min | $110,723 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Northville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Northville: questions
What is the median household income in Northville?
$145,530 (±$19,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Northville?
2.8%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Northville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Northville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Novi (7%, 3 mi), Livonia (7%, 6 mi), Farmington Hills (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Northville walkable?
Northville is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Northville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Northville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Northville
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.