Work & commute · Berkley

Work & commute in Berkley, MI

Most working residents leave Berkley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (14%), Troy (9%) and Southfield (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

274 of 7,726 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,452 Berkley residents head out of town to work, 274 work right here, and 3,907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkley.

7,452live here, work elsewhere

274live and work here

3,907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkley goes to work

Detroit9 mi away

14%1,084

Troy6.2 mi away

9%717

Southfield4.1 mi away

7%572

Warren8.2 mi away

6%501

Royal Oak1.7 mi away

6%481

Farmington Hills9.8 mi away

4%343

Dearborn12.9 mi away

4%320

Berkley (in town)right here

4%274

Auburn Hills12.5 mi away

3%222

Livonia11.8 mi away

3%206

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%3,006

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

How far

How far Berkley commutes

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

52%

39%

52%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkley is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkley are

4,181 jobs are based in Berkley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berkley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berkley

4,181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Berkley residents hold

7,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−15%

Jobs based in Berkley, 2011 → 2021: 4,937 → 4,181. 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.