Work & commute · Dearborn

Work & commute in Dearborn, MI

About one in 4 of Dearborn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Detroit (15%), Southfield (4%) and Livonia (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

8,471 of 36,209 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,738 Dearborn residents head out of town to work, 8,471 work right here, and 68,250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dearborn.

27,738live here, work elsewhere

8,471live and work here

68,250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dearborn goes to work

Dearborn (in town)right here

23%8,471

Detroit7.4 mi away

15%5,426

Southfield11.4 mi away

4%1,534

Livonia10.1 mi away

4%1,491

Troy19 mi away

3%1,024

Warren15.7 mi away

3%956

Romulus10.2 mi away

2%903

Dearborn Heights4.2 mi away

2%814

Farmington Hills14.6 mi away

2%795

Taylor6.7 mi away

2%647

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%14,148

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

How far

How far Dearborn commutes

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

49%

38%

49%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dearborn is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dearborn are

76,721 jobs are based in Dearborn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dearborn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dearborn

76,721 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dearborn residents hold

36,209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−1%

Jobs based in Dearborn, 2011 → 2021: 77,764 → 76,721. 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.