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Shortest commutes, Michigan cities

Michigan cities with the shortest mean travel time to work (2024 ACS). This list covers the 179 cities in Michigan that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 179 is 22.6. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: St. Clair, MI, up 90 places to #80.

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SAME RANKING BYCounties States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAVERAGE COMMUTEVS 2000

01▲7Houghton, MIMI8,56010.7+30%

02▲5Escanaba, MIMI12,25711.0−4%

03▼2Alpena, MIMI10,08811.1+6%

04▲9Sault Ste. Marie, MIMI13,08312.0+19%

05▼3Kingsford, MIMI5,09612.8+20%

06▼3Marquette, MIMI21,94413.2+39%

07▼1Cadillac, MIMI10,43813.7+1%

08▲14Zeeland, MIMI5,63713.7+39%

09▼5Ludington, MIMI7,63414.2+48%

10▲31Petoskey, MIMI5,77214.6+34%

11▼1Big Rapids, MIMI8,62314.9+15%

12▲2Hillsdale, MIMI8,00214.9+26%

13▼4Mount Pleasant, MIMI20,92515.0+33%

14▲2Manistee, MIMI6,15715.2+15%

15▼4Menominee, MIMI8,17515.2+61%

16▼11Iron Mountain, MIMI7,46916.0+59%

17▲23St. Louis, MIMI7,40616.1+26%

18East Lansing, MIMI49,35516.2+54%

19▼2Coldwater, MIMI14,21616.3+41%

20Holland, MIMI35,37216.8+59%

21▲43Grand Haven, MIMI11,03816.9+35%

22▲10Jackson, MIMI31,02217.0+27%

23▲1Traverse City, MIMI15,83217.2+49%

24▲9Muskegon Heights, MIMI9,77017.6+48%

25▲59Gladstone, MIMI5,18917.6+60%

26▲27East Grand Rapids, MIMI11,66317.7+66%

27▲3Grandville, MIMI17,01818.0+49%

28▼9Benton Harbor, MIMI8,80318.1+55%

29▼3Waverly, MIMI23,57518.1+58%

30▲39Northview, MIMI15,26818.2+51%

31▼8Kalamazoo, MIMI72,68318.5+56%

32▼7Sturgis, MIMI10,90018.6+59%

33▲10Three Rivers, MIMI7,91018.6+29%

34▼3Battle Creek, MIMI52,02118.6+56%

35▲19Charlotte, MIMI9,30518.7+30%

36▲2Ishpeming, MIMI6,20518.8+54%

37▲12Lansing, MIMI113,88418.9+48%

38▲7Grand Rapids, MIMI201,18319.0+59%

39▼24Springfield, MIMI5,24619.2+76%

40▼11Saginaw, MIMI42,86319.2+61%

41▼2Comstock Northwest, MIMI5,39119.3+51%

42▲9Okemos, MIMI26,39619.4+47%

43▼8Alma, MIMI9,30419.4+47%

44▲62Freeland, MIMI7,55719.4+40%

45▼33St. Joseph, MIMI7,89319.6+72%

46▲26Forest Hills, MIMI28,69519.7+58%

47▼10Kentwood, MIMI54,77619.7+67%

48▼2Portage, MIMI49,86219.7+58%

49▼1Allegan, MIMI5,12719.8+34%

50▼23Fair Plain, MIMI7,33019.9+84%

51▲6Westwood, MIMI8,86719.9+74%

52▼2Ann Arbor, MIMI122,23320.0+56%

53▼6Midland, MIMI42,80620.0+74%

54▲27Jenison, MIMI17,58220.1+49%

55▼3Buena Vista, MIMI5,79820.2+55%

56▼14Walker, MIMI25,88120.2+85%

57▼13Byron Center, MIMI7,40320.3+69%

58▲3Norton Shores, MIMI25,08820.3+75%

59▲8St. Johns, MIMI7,78020.3+44%

60▼1Grand Ledge, MIMI7,85320.3+49%

61▲29Birmingham, MIMI21,92320.3+39%

62▲8Hudsonville, MIMI7,96420.4+80%

63▲33Huntington Woods, MIMI6,27420.6+59%

64▼43Frankenmuth, MIMI5,19720.6+66%

65▼5Muskegon, MIMI37,22420.6+57%

66▲14Allendale, MIMI26,67920.6+63%

67▲6Cutlerville, MIMI18,78020.7+73%

68▲15Marshall, MIMI6,80020.8+54%

69▼3Port Huron, MIMI28,27320.8+44%

70▼5Comstock Park, MIMI10,57721.1+61%

71▲8Pontiac, MIMI62,07721.2+45%

72▼17Bay City, MIMI31,86821.3+64%

73▼2Monroe, MIMI20,07621.3+33%

74▲15Taylor, MIMI61,27921.5+45%

75▼39Eastwood, MIMI6,66921.6+83%

76▼8Dearborn, MIMI105,61121.7+50%

77▼15Wyoming, MIMI78,58821.9+86%

78▼50South Monroe, MIMI6,96021.9+38%

79▲16Berkley, MIMI15,14522.0+65%

80▲90St. Clair, MIMI5,83322.0+9%

81▼25Adrian, MIMI20,19122.1+57%

82▼19Auburn Hills, MIMI25,92522.1+52%

83▼25Ionia, MIMI12,20822.2+28%

84▼10Holt, MIMI25,31622.3+66%

85▲8Clawson, MIMI11,31222.3+59%

86▲49Highland Park, MIMI8,24822.3+3%

87▼11Haslett, MIMI18,55922.3+61%

88▼1Center Line, MIMI8,50322.6+41%

89▲35Dowagiac, MIMI5,72522.6+72%

90▲1Hastings, MIMI7,49022.6+27%

91▼3Flint, MIMI79,30622.7+35%

92▼6Niles, MIMI11,66522.8+61%

93▼8Shields, MIMI7,40222.8+61%

94▼17Mason, MIMI8,26422.8+72%

95▼61Albion, MIMI7,47422.8+101%

96▲16Beverly Hills, MIMI10,44922.9+66%

97▲7Owosso, MIMI14,43722.9+29%

98▼20Ypsilanti, MIMI19,76623.0+77%

99▲15Ecorse, MIMI8,89323.1+49%

100▲38Farmington, MIMI11,40923.1+53%

101▼26Bridgeport, MIMI6,88423.2+71%

102▲20Ferndale, MIMI19,21223.2+77%

103▼21Oak Park, MIMI29,07223.3+57%

104▲63Fraser, MIMI14,49623.5+45%

105▲31Southgate, MIMI28,93123.5+56%

106▲57Walled Lake, MIMI7,32023.5+31%

107▲6Southfield, MIMI76,11123.7+53%

108▲48Woodhaven, MIMI12,50323.7+50%

109▲33Troy, MIMI88,73323.7+49%

110▲58Utica, MIMI5,11423.8+38%

111▲12Royal Oak, MIMI57,58323.8+73%

112▼13Allen Park, MIMI27,44523.8+64%

113▲41Grosse Pointe Farms, MIMI9,73523.8+44%

114▼3Hamtramck, MIMI27,26123.9+43%

115▼7Dearborn Heights, MIMI60,66423.9+66%

116▲30Chelsea, MIMI5,42424.0+40%

117▲11Grosse Pointe Woods, MIMI15,79224.2+54%

118▲15Flushing, MIMI8,17524.2+44%

119▲30Rochester Hills, MIMI77,53924.3+30%

120▼13Livonia, MIMI92,60324.3+67%

121▼2Riverview, MIMI11,94724.3+62%

122▲25Plymouth, MIMI9,16424.3+51%

123▼7Grosse Pointe, MIMI5,49024.4+40%

124▼21Wyandotte, MIMI24,07224.4+57%

125▼31Greenville, MIMI9,25624.4+36%

126▲19Lincoln Park, MIMI38,52924.4+72%

127▼35Marysville, MIMI9,86824.6+44%

128▼30Hazel Park, MIMI14,93724.6+83%

129▲2Farmington Hills, MIMI83,29124.7+47%

130▲23Sterling Heights, MIMI133,93124.7+47%

131▲40Brighton, MIMI7,90424.8+35%

132▼6Houghton Lake, MIMI5,76924.8+71%

133▼28Lambertville, MIMI9,95524.8+66%

134▲7Detroit, MIMI649,09524.8+37%

135▲9Grosse Pointe Park, MIMI11,09524.8+49%

136▼11Warren, MIMI137,13824.9+62%

137▲27Rochester, MIMI12,82424.9+21%

138▼23Romulus, MIMI24,54725.0+72%

139▼30Melvindale, MIMI12,32525.1+87%

140▼6Rockford, MIMI6,31325.1+71%

141▼31Madison Heights, MIMI28,29725.3+81%

142▲9Trenton, MIMI17,84925.4+58%

143▼3Westland, MIMI82,33325.4+64%

144▲22Lapeer, MIMI9,20125.4+18%

145▲7Wixom, MIMI17,31325.4+32%

146▼25River Rouge, MIMI6,81425.6+71%

147▲1Roseville, MIMI46,86325.7+63%

148▲14Tecumseh, MIMI8,60825.8+28%

149▲23Richmond, MIMI5,92725.9+10%

150▼53Beecher, MIMI8,41226.1+50%

151▲7Novi, MIMI67,31926.2+46%

152▲13Northville, MIMI6,01326.2+66%

153▼21Eastpointe, MIMI33,81426.4+65%

154▼11Harper Woods, MIMI14,86026.4+58%

155▼55Mount Clemens, MIMI15,41926.5+60%

156▼54Burton, MIMI29,31326.6+52%

157▼2St. Clair Shores, MIMI57,87226.7+63%

158▼28Garden City, MIMI26,28026.9+69%

159▼2Inkster, MIMI24,95926.9+71%

160▼31Davison, MIMI5,03927.1+43%

161▼34Wayne, MIMI17,06527.2+91%

162▼12Belding, MIMI6,00027.8+40%

163▼45Swartz Creek, MIMI5,82727.9+61%

164▼5Saline, MIMI9,00127.9+90%

165▼28Temperance, MIMI8,91428.0+86%

166▼46Eaton Rapids, MIMI5,21828.0+72%

167▲11Dundee, MIMI6,00828.1+51%

168▲5Milford, MIMI6,52028.9+37%

169Flat Rock, MIMI10,21829.0+67%

170▼69Milan, MIMI5,97329.0+95%

171▼10Whitmore Lake, MIMI7,87829.1+67%

172▼33Lake Fenton, MIMI6,41729.9+44%

173▼56Howell, MIMI9,89629.9+47%

174New Baltimore, MIMI12,12330.7+43%

175▲1Fenton, MIMI11,77431.3+43%

176▼1South Lyon, MIMI12,10731.7+53%

177New Haven, MIMI6,74933.8+86%

178▲1Holly, MIMI5,90635.2+66%

179▼19Grand Blanc, MIMI7,88042.0+130%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES