Work & commute · Fraser

Work & commute in Fraser, MI

Most working residents leave Fraser for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (11%), Warren (9%) and Troy (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

345 of 6,340 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

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,995 Fraser residents head out of town to work, 345 work right here, and 6,908 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fraser.

5,995live here, work elsewhere

345live and work here

6,908work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fraser goes to work

Detroit13.3 mi away

11%677

Warren5 mi away

9%592

Troy10.6 mi away

7%472

Sterling Heights5.2 mi away

6%401

Clinton3.9 mi away

6%392

Fraser (in town)right here

5%345

Southfield16.5 mi away

3%213

Roseville2.1 mi away

3%181

Shelby10.4 mi away

3%177

Auburn Hills17.8 mi away

3%164

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%2,726

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

How far

How far Fraser commutes

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

50%

36%

50%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fraser is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fraser are

7,253 jobs are based in Fraser. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fraser’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fraser

7,253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Fraser residents hold

6,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Fraser, 2011 → 2021: 7,651 → 7,253. 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.