Work & commute · Ecorse

Work & commute in Ecorse, MI

Most working residents leave Ecorse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (14%), Dearborn (6%) and Southfield (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

144 of 2,853 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,709 Ecorse residents head out of town to work, 144 work right here, and 1,006 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ecorse.

2,709live here, work elsewhere

144live and work here

1,006work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ecorse goes to work

Detroit9.4 mi away

14%409

Dearborn5.7 mi away

6%158

Ecorse (in town)right here

5%144

Southfield16.7 mi away

4%117

Taylor6.7 mi away

4%117

Romulus11.8 mi away

4%106

Livonia15.6 mi away

3%97

Troy23.1 mi away

3%84

Warren17.8 mi away

3%81

Southgate4.6 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,482

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

How far

How far Ecorse commutes

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

41%

37%

11%

12%

41%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ecorse is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ecorse are

1,150 jobs are based in Ecorse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ecorse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ecorse

1,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Ecorse residents hold

2,853 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−64%

Jobs based in Ecorse, 2011 → 2021: 3,230 → 1,150. 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.