Work & commute · Allen Park

Work & commute in Allen Park, MI

Most working residents leave Allen Park for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (16%), Dearborn (12%) and Taylor (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

744 of 11,565 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,821 Allen Park residents head out of town to work, 744 work right here, and 11,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Allen Park.

10,821live here, work elsewhere

744live and work here

11,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Allen Park goes to work

Detroit10.2 mi away

16%1,813

Dearborn3.7 mi away

12%1,382

Allen Park (in town)right here

6%744

Taylor3.8 mi away

6%640

Livonia12.6 mi away

4%464

Romulus8.5 mi away

4%411

Southfield15.1 mi away

3%375

Southgate3.8 mi away

2%265

Troy22.7 mi away

2%236

Wyandotte4.3 mi away

2%234

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%5,001

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

How far

How far Allen Park commutes

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

48%

36%

48%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Allen Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Allen Park are

11,988 jobs are based in Allen Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Allen Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Allen Park

11,988 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Allen Park residents hold

11,565 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+14%

Jobs based in Allen Park, 2011 → 2021: 10,519 → 11,988. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.