Work & commute · Frenchtown

Work & commute in Frenchtown, MI

Most working residents leave Frenchtown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (13%), Monroe (5%) and Toledo (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

713 of 8,001 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 7,288 Frenchtown residents head out of town to work, 713 work right here, and 5,143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frenchtown.

7,288live here, work elsewhere

713live and work here

5,143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frenchtown goes to work

Monroe3.4 mi away

13%1,073

Frenchtown (in town)right here

9%713

Monroe5.8 mi away

5%390

Toledo, OH23.5 mi away

4%316

Detroit32 mi away

4%293

Dearborn25.5 mi away

4%282

Ann Arbor29 mi away

3%253

Romulus18 mi away

3%223

Taylor18.8 mi away

2%200

Ash6.6 mi away

2%197

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,061

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

How far

How far Frenchtown commutes

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

32%

27%

31%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frenchtown is a commuter town

0.73jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frenchtown are

5,856 jobs are based in Frenchtown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frenchtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Frenchtown

5,856 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Frenchtown residents hold

8,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Frenchtown, 2011 → 2021: 6,403 → 5,856. 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.