Work & commute · Flat Rock

Work & commute in Flat Rock, MI

Most working residents leave Flat Rock for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (9%), Dearborn (7%) and Taylor (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

214 of 4,465 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,251 Flat Rock residents head out of town to work, 214 work right here, and 1,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flat Rock.

4,251live here, work elsewhere

214live and work here

1,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flat Rock goes to work

Detroit21.5 mi away

9%410

Dearborn15.2 mi away

7%319

Flat Rock (in town)right here

5%214

Taylor8.8 mi away

4%191

Romulus9.8 mi away

4%189

Brownstown2.3 mi away

4%175

Livonia21.3 mi away

3%155

Southfield26 mi away

3%147

Woodhaven3.1 mi away

3%145

Wyandotte9.7 mi away

3%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%2,399

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

How far

How far Flat Rock commutes

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

29%

39%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flat Rock is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flat Rock are

1,739 jobs are based in Flat Rock. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Flat Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Flat Rock

1,739 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Flat Rock residents hold

4,465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−64%

Jobs based in Flat Rock, 2011 → 2021: 4,779 → 1,739. 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.