Work & commute · Dearborn Heights

Work & commute in Dearborn Heights, MI

Most working residents leave Dearborn Heights for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (14%), Dearborn (14%) and Livonia (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,325 of 21,989 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 20,664 Dearborn Heights residents head out of town to work, 1,325 work right here, and 7,019 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dearborn Heights.

20,664live here, work elsewhere

1,325live and work here

7,019work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dearborn Heights goes to work

Detroit10.1 mi away

14%3,116

Dearborn4.2 mi away

14%3,067

Dearborn Heights (in town)right here

6%1,325

Livonia6 mi away

6%1,233

Southfield9.7 mi away

4%935

Romulus8.9 mi away

3%765

Taylor7.7 mi away

3%667

Troy18.6 mi away

3%590

Farmington Hills11.3 mi away

2%516

Warren17.3 mi away

2%503

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%9,272

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

How far

How far Dearborn Heights commutes

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

48%

40%

48%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dearborn Heights is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dearborn Heights are

8,344 jobs are based in Dearborn Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dearborn Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dearborn Heights

8,344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Dearborn Heights residents hold

21,989 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−1%

Jobs based in Dearborn Heights, 2011 → 2021: 8,386 → 8,344. 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.