Work & commute · Grosse Pointe

Work & commute in Grosse Pointe, MI

Most working residents leave Grosse Pointe for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (24%), Warren (6%) and Southfield (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 2,397 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

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,270 Grosse Pointe residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 3,111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grosse Pointe.

2,270live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

3,111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grosse Pointe goes to work

Detroit10.1 mi away

24%580

Warren9.7 mi away

6%143

Grosse Pointe (in town)right here

5%127

Southfield19.2 mi away

4%102

Dearborn16.5 mi away

4%96

Troy18.5 mi away

4%89

Grosse Pointe Farms1.2 mi away

3%81

Grosse Pointe Woods3.8 mi away

3%78

St. Clair Shores7.6 mi away

3%70

Farmington Hills25.1 mi away

3%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%967

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

How far

How far Grosse Pointe commutes

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

45%

37%

11%

45%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grosse Pointe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grosse Pointe are

3,238 jobs are based in Grosse Pointe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grosse Pointe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grosse Pointe

3,238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Grosse Pointe residents hold

2,397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+93%

Jobs based in Grosse Pointe, 2011 → 2021: 1,675 → 3,238. 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.