A job hub: Romeo has 2.6 jobs per working resident, and 3,926 people come in to work
4,062 jobs are based in Romeo for 1,538 working residents. Romeo grades B+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Romeo; the top destination outside it is Washington Township (11%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Romeo, in a few figures
Romeo is where the jobs are
Romeo has 4,062 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,300 people are in town, 67% more than the 3,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Romeo makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Romeo are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Romeo residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Romeo workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 24 across Michigan. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. 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.
What’s behind Romeo’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Romeo is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #211 of 701 in Michigan. Unemployment holds Romeo’s grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.1%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on 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 rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Romeo could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who works in Romeo, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,402 residents head out to work and 136 work right here.
About 6,300 people are in Romeo on a workday afternoon, 67% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
57% of the jobs in Romeo make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Romeo, 2011 → 2021: 3,892 → 4,062. 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 Romeo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Romeo: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Romeo workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,569 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Romeo’s workforce comes from
Where Romeo clocks in
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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Romeo
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.
Few in Romeo walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Romeo is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #170 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,742 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). 9.0% of Romeo households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Romeo’s commuters take a bus or train.
Romeo places 1,186th of 4,430 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,184 | Berryville VA | 4,828 | $103K | 10.6% | 1.8% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,185 | Westerlo NY | 3,255 | $99K | 7.7% | 2.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,186 | Romeo MI | 3,750 | $74K | 11.1% | 1.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,187 | Livingston Township MI | 2,748 | $77K | 3.2% | 0.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,188 | Chadds Ford Township PA | 3,992 | $168K | 6.3% | 9.7% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Romeo, 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 Romeo: questions
What is the median household income in Romeo?
$74,323 (±$19,910) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Romeo?
11.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Romeo?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Romeo work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington Township (11%, 4 mi), Bruce Township (8%, 3 mi), Sterling Heights (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Romeo walkable?
Romeo is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Romeo without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Romeo, from the people who make the trip.
More of Romeo
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.