Work & commute · Chesterfield

Work & commute in Chesterfield, MI

Most working residents leave Chesterfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Clinton (9%), Warren (7%) and Detroit (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,560 of 19,990 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,430 Chesterfield residents head out of town to work, 1,560 work right here, and 11,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterfield.

18,430live here, work elsewhere

1,560live and work here

11,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterfield goes to work

Clinton8.3 mi away

9%1,728

Chesterfield (in town)right here

8%1,560

Warren17 mi away

7%1,460

Detroit25.4 mi away

7%1,360

Sterling Heights13.3 mi away

6%1,207

Troy18.5 mi away

6%1,130

Shelby11.7 mi away

4%766

Auburn Hills22.2 mi away

3%687

Mount Clemens6.8 mi away

3%653

Southfield27.1 mi away

2%446

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%8,993

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

How far

How far Chesterfield commutes

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

28%

47%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterfield is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterfield are

13,243 jobs are based in Chesterfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chesterfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chesterfield

13,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Chesterfield residents hold

19,990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+30%

Jobs based in Chesterfield, 2011 → 2021: 10,172 → 13,243. 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.