Work & commute · Dexter

Work & commute in Dexter, MI

Most working residents leave Dexter for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Ann Arbor (31%), Scio (6%) and Pittsfield (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

183 of 2,028 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

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,845 Dexter residents head out of town to work, 183 work right here, and 2,423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dexter.

1,845live here, work elsewhere

183live and work here

2,423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dexter goes to work

Ann Arbor8.6 mi away

31%621

Dexter (in town)right here

9%183

Scio3.1 mi away

6%124

Pittsfield12 mi away

5%101

Ann Arbor9.7 mi away

3%52

Chelsea7.2 mi away

2%49

Livonia26.4 mi away

2%46

Detroit39.9 mi away

2%40

Dearborn34.2 mi away

2%39

Farmington Hills27.9 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%739

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

How far

How far Dexter commutes

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

50%

21%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dexter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.29jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dexter are

2,606 jobs are based in Dexter. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dexter’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dexter

2,606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Dexter residents hold

2,028 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+8%

Jobs based in Dexter, 2011 → 2021: 2,406 → 2,606. 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.