Work & commute · Dryden

Work & commute in Dryden, MI

Most working residents leave Dryden for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn Hills (7%), Warren (5%) and Rochester Hills (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 2,059 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 1,958 Dryden residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dryden.

1,958live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

248work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dryden goes to work

Auburn Hills18.5 mi away

7%139

Warren31.6 mi away

5%106

Dryden (in town)right here

5%101

Rochester Hills19 mi away

5%94

Sterling Heights25.7 mi away

5%93

Almont6.8 mi away

4%84

Troy24.5 mi away

4%83

Detroit38.5 mi away

3%70

Shelby19.6 mi away

3%68

Bruce9.3 mi away

3%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%1,158

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

How far

How far Dryden commutes

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

16%

38%

37%

16%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dryden is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dryden are

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

Jobs based in Dryden

349 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Dryden residents hold

2,059 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+28%

Jobs based in Dryden, 2011 → 2021: 273 → 349. 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.