Work & commute · Clawson

Work & commute in Clawson, MI

Most working residents leave Clawson for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Troy (15%), Detroit (11%) and Warren (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

234 of 5,807 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,573 Clawson residents head out of town to work, 234 work right here, and 3,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clawson.

5,573live here, work elsewhere

234live and work here

3,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clawson goes to work

Troy3.3 mi away

15%859

Detroit10.9 mi away

11%637

Warren7.1 mi away

6%345

Southfield7 mi away

6%343

Royal Oak2 mi away

5%312

Auburn Hills10.7 mi away

4%238

Clawson (in town)right here

4%234

Farmington Hills12 mi away

3%195

Sterling Heights6.8 mi away

3%164

Dearborn15.8 mi away

3%163

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,317

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

How far

How far Clawson commutes

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

57%

34%

57%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clawson is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clawson are

3,481 jobs are based in Clawson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clawson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clawson

3,481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Clawson residents hold

5,807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−11%

Jobs based in Clawson, 2011 → 2021: 3,917 → 3,481. 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.