Work & commute · Grosse Pointe Park

Work & commute in Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Most working residents leave Grosse Pointe Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (29%), Warren (6%) and Southfield (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

180 of 4,920 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,740 Grosse Pointe Park residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 780 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grosse Pointe Park.

4,740live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

780work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grosse Pointe Park goes to work

Detroit9.1 mi away

29%1,435

Warren9.7 mi away

6%290

Southfield18.5 mi away

4%213

Dearborn15.3 mi away

4%210

Troy18.4 mi away

4%209

Grosse Pointe Park (in town)right here

4%180

Grosse Pointe1.2 mi away

3%157

Grosse Pointe Farms2.4 mi away

2%120

Sterling Heights15.3 mi away

2%113

St. Clair Shores8.4 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,888

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

How far

How far Grosse Pointe Park commutes

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

45%

39%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grosse Pointe Park is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grosse Pointe Park are

960 jobs are based in Grosse Pointe Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grosse Pointe Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grosse Pointe Park

960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Grosse Pointe Park residents hold

4,920 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−41%

Jobs based in Grosse Pointe Park, 2011 → 2021: 1,627 → 960. 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.