Work & commute · Detroit

Work & commute in Detroit, IL

Most working residents leave Detroit for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pittsfield (16%), Spring Creek (9%) and Peoria (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 31 Detroit residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Detroit.

31live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Detroit goes to work

Pittsfield7.3 mi away

16%5

Spring Creek12.3 mi away

9%3

Peoria96.1 mi away

6%2

Detroit1.4 mi away

6%2

Montezuma6.6 mi away

6%2

Detroit (in town)right here

3%1

Murrayville22.7 mi away

3%1

Mound Station28.7 mi away

3%1

Pleasant Hill16.1 mi away

3%1

Mount Sterling25.7 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%13

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Detroit commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

34%

25%

22%

19%

34%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Detroit is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Detroit are

10 jobs are based in Detroit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Detroit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Detroit

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Detroit residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month44%

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.