Work & commute · Gibraltar

Work & commute in Gibraltar, MI

Most working residents leave Gibraltar for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (11%), Dearborn (8%) and Romulus (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

72 of 2,101 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,029 Gibraltar residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibraltar.

2,029live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibraltar goes to work

Detroit19.8 mi away

11%232

Dearborn14.4 mi away

8%167

Romulus11.7 mi away

4%88

Woodhaven2.7 mi away

4%75

Southfield25.7 mi away

4%75

Brownstown1.5 mi away

4%74

Taylor9 mi away

3%73

Gibraltar (in town)right here

3%72

Livonia22 mi away

3%68

Trenton2.4 mi away

3%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,111

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

How far

How far Gibraltar commutes

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

25%

42%

24%

25%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibraltar is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibraltar are

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

Jobs based in Gibraltar

681 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Gibraltar residents hold

2,101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+38%

Jobs based in Gibraltar, 2011 → 2021: 494 → 681. 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.