Work & commute · Bruce

Work & commute in Bruce, MI

Most working residents leave Bruce for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling Heights (8%), Washington (7%) and Warren (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

303 of 3,900 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,597 Bruce residents head out of town to work, 303 work right here, and 3,834 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bruce.

3,597live here, work elsewhere

303live and work here

3,834work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bruce goes to work

Bruce (in town)right here

8%303

Sterling Heights18.3 mi away

8%302

Washington5.5 mi away

7%279

Warren24.4 mi away

6%231

Shelby11.9 mi away

6%228

Troy18.9 mi away

6%226

Detroit32.1 mi away

5%204

Clinton18.7 mi away

5%178

Auburn Hills15.7 mi away

4%171

Rochester Hills14 mi away

3%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,646

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

How far

How far Bruce commutes

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

20%

53%

21%

20%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bruce is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bruce are

4,137 jobs are based in Bruce. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bruce’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bruce

4,137 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Bruce residents hold

3,900 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Bruce, 2011 → 2021: 4,193 → 4,137. 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.