Work & commute · Grosse Pointe Woods

Work & commute in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

Most working residents leave Grosse Pointe Woods for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (23%), Warren (7%) and Troy (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

413 of 7,139 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,726 Grosse Pointe Woods residents head out of town to work, 413 work right here, and 2,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grosse Pointe Woods.

6,726live here, work elsewhere

413live and work here

2,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grosse Pointe Woods goes to work

Detroit11.1 mi away

23%1,607

Warren7.4 mi away

7%509

Grosse Pointe Woods (in town)right here

6%413

Troy16 mi away

5%361

St. Clair Shores3.7 mi away

4%290

Southfield18.5 mi away

4%287

Dearborn18.2 mi away

4%251

Clinton10.5 mi away

2%177

Sterling Heights11.9 mi away

2%170

Farmington Hills24.5 mi away

2%152

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,922

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

How far

How far Grosse Pointe Woods commutes

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

37%

45%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grosse Pointe Woods is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grosse Pointe Woods are

3,219 jobs are based in Grosse Pointe Woods. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grosse Pointe Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grosse Pointe Woods

3,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Grosse Pointe Woods residents hold

7,139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−31%

Jobs based in Grosse Pointe Woods, 2011 → 2021: 4,647 → 3,219. 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.