Work & commute · Center Line

Work & commute in Center Line, MI

Most working residents leave Center Line for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (14%), Detroit (13%) and Troy (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 3,190 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,074 Center Line residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 5,347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Center Line.

3,074live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

5,347work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Center Line goes to work

Warren0.9 mi away

14%437

Detroit7.7 mi away

13%424

Troy9.3 mi away

7%237

Sterling Heights7 mi away

5%164

Center Line (in town)right here

4%116

Southfield11.8 mi away

4%114

Madison Heights4.3 mi away

4%113

Clinton9.4 mi away

3%108

Royal Oak6.7 mi away

2%75

Dearborn14.9 mi away

2%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,335

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

How far

How far Center Line commutes

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

54%

34%

54%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Center Line is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Center Line are

5,463 jobs are based in Center Line. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Center Line’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Center Line

5,463 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Center Line residents hold

3,190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+27%

Jobs based in Center Line, 2011 → 2021: 4,311 → 5,463. 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.