Work & commute · Hamtramck

Work & commute in Hamtramck, MI

Most working residents leave Hamtramck for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (19%), Warren (8%) and Sterling Heights (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

430 of 6,946 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,516 Hamtramck residents head out of town to work, 430 work right here, and 2,179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamtramck.

6,516live here, work elsewhere

430live and work here

2,179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamtramck goes to work

Detroit2.5 mi away

19%1,332

Warren6.9 mi away

8%571

Hamtramck (in town)right here

6%430

Sterling Heights12.9 mi away

4%266

Livonia16.1 mi away

4%261

Shelby19.2 mi away

4%254

Troy13.8 mi away

3%235

Auburn Hills21.5 mi away

3%228

Dearborn9.8 mi away

3%174

Southfield11.7 mi away

2%158

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,037

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

How far

How far Hamtramck commutes

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

42%

11%

42%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamtramck is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamtramck are

2,609 jobs are based in Hamtramck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamtramck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamtramck

2,609 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Hamtramck residents hold

6,946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

−11%

Jobs based in Hamtramck, 2011 → 2021: 2,936 → 2,609. 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.