Work & commute · Grosse Ile

Work & commute in Grosse Ile, MI

Most working residents leave Grosse Ile for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (13%), Dearborn (9%) and Wyandotte (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

332 of 4,307 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,975 Grosse Ile residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grosse Ile.

3,975live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grosse Ile goes to work

Detroit17.8 mi away

13%544

Dearborn13.1 mi away

9%398

Grosse Ile (in town)right here

8%332

Wyandotte5.7 mi away

6%264

Southfield24.5 mi away

4%171

Trenton2.3 mi away

3%143

Taylor9 mi away

3%134

Livonia21.7 mi away

3%134

Romulus12.8 mi away

3%109

Southgate6 mi away

2%100

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,978

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

How far

How far Grosse Ile commutes

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

32%

39%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grosse Ile is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grosse Ile are

1,149 jobs are based in Grosse Ile. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grosse Ile’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grosse Ile

1,149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Grosse Ile residents hold

4,307 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−14%

Jobs based in Grosse Ile, 2011 → 2021: 1,338 → 1,149. 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.