Farmington Hills Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Farmington Hills, Michigan: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Farmington Hills: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Farmington Hills spend about 46 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 192 hours, about 8.0 full days, spent commuting. That is 8% more time on the road than the Michigan average of 21.3 minutes each way, a difference of 1.7 minutes.

Farmington Hills holds about 0.8% of Michigan's population but accounts for roughly 0.9% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Farmington Hills would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,376 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Farmington Hills	23.0 min	46.0 min	192 hrs/yr	$5,940	4,149
Michigan	21.3 min	42.6 min	178 hrs/yr	$5,509	1,585
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Farmington Hills Commute Map

On average, it takes 23.0 minutes to get to work in Farmington Hills. That's 3% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM, followed by 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 22.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Farmington Hills

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in Farmington Hills, versus 0.1% in Michigan.

Public transit is unusually rare in Farmington Hills: 4.0 times less than the Michigan average (0.2% vs 0.9%).

Biking is unusually rare in Farmington Hills: 4.8 times less than the Michigan average (0.1% vs 0.3%).

Commute Mode Trends in Farmington Hills, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Farmington Hills get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Public Transportation	Taxi	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	93.1%	4.5%	0.5%	0.9%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2010	93.8%	3.8%	0.4%	0.6%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2011	93.8%	3.9%	0.6%	0.7%	0.5%	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
2012	93.1%	4.2%	0.8%	1.1%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2013	92.3%	5.2%	0.7%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%	0.1%
2014	92.6%	4.8%	0.8%	1.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
2015	92.4%	4.9%	0.9%	1.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2016	93.3%	4.1%	1.0%	0.9%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2017	94.0%	4.1%	0.7%	0.6%	0.5%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2018	93.3%	4.1%	0.9%	1.1%	0.4%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2019	93.5%	4.4%	0.7%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
2020	89.8%	8.1%	0.8%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2021	83.9%	13.7%	1.0%	1.1%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2022	80.3%	17.2%	1.2%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2023	77.6%	20.2%	0.9%	0.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	74.9%	22.8%	1.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2017 at 94.0%. Overall it fell from 93.1% in 2009 to 74.9% in 2024, down 18.2 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Farmington Hills: its share of workers rose from 4.5% in 2009 to 22.8% in 2024, up 18.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 18.4 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Commute Start Times in Farmington Hills

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Farmington Hills?

The bars show when commuters in Farmington Hills leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Michigan for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.4%
5:00-5:29 AM		2.9%
5:30-5:59 AM		3.2%
6:00-6:29 AM		6.1%
6:30-6:59 AM		7.2%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.7%
7:30-7:59 AM		13.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		15.8%
8:30-8:59 AM		9.7%
9:00-9:59 AM		8.9%
10:00-10:59 AM		4.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		5.5%
4:00-11:59 PM		5.8%

Farmington Hills Michigan Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Farmington Hills is 8:00-8:29 AM, when 15.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.9% across Michigan. Early starts are less common than in Michigan: 9.5% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.3% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Michigan: 48.4% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.0% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (26.3%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Farmington Hills, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Farmington Hills Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Farmington Hills next to Michigan and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Farmington Hills	Michigan	United States
2009	7:53 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:53 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:56 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:57 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:59 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:59 AM	7:45 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:59 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:54 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:56 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:53 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:53 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:54 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:56 AM	7:42 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:57 AM	7:43 AM	7:37 AM
2023	8:02 AM	7:43 AM	7:38 AM
2024	8:03 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Farmington Hills were on the road by 8:03 AM, 11 minutes later than in 2009 (7:53 AM). Across Michigan, the typical start barely moved over the same years. Commuters in Farmington Hills now leave 25 minutes later than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Farmington Hills has moved 11 minutes later. The 2024 release is the latest typical start for Farmington Hills in the whole series.

How does Farmington Hills's commute time compare?

Metric	Farmington Hills	Michigan	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	23.0 min	21.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	22.8%	13.5%	15.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.2%	0.9%	3.2%

The average commute time in Farmington Hills is 23.0 minutes, longer than the 21.3 minutes in Michigan.

0.2% commute by public transit, lower than the 0.9% in Michigan. 0.8% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Michigan.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Farmington Hills, MI Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Farmington Hills, MI compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Farmington Hills, MI	83,503	23.0 min #2/2	22.8% #1/2	8:03 AM #2/2
Livonia, MI	93,850	22.7 min	18.4%	7:49 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Is commuting expensive in Farmington Hills, Michigan?

Commuters here spend an estimated 192 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,940 at a typical national wage. That's 8% more than the typical Michigan commuter spends.

What time should you leave for work to avoid traffic in Farmington Hills, Michigan?

Traffic peaks between 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Farmington Hills, Michigan?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.2% of commuters use it versus 0.9% in Michigan, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

Is Farmington Hills, Michigan a good location for remote and hybrid workers?

About 22.8% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Farmington Hills would save about 77 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,376 at the same national wage assumption used above.