Work & commute · Hazel Park

Work & commute in Hazel Park, MI

Most working residents leave Hazel Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (13%), Troy (8%) and Warren (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

228 of 6,170 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,942 Hazel Park residents head out of town to work, 228 work right here, and 2,398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazel Park.

5,942live here, work elsewhere

228live and work here

2,398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazel Park goes to work

Detroit5.5 mi away

13%778

Troy8.8 mi away

8%498

Warren4.3 mi away

7%453

Southfield8.3 mi away

5%300

Ferndale1.7 mi away

4%257

Madison Heights3.1 mi away

4%239

Hazel Park (in town)right here

4%228

Royal Oak4.3 mi away

3%210

Sterling Heights8.9 mi away

3%178

Livonia14.7 mi away

3%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%2,857

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

How far

How far Hazel Park commutes

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

55%

34%

55%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazel Park is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazel Park are

2,626 jobs are based in Hazel Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hazel Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hazel Park

2,626 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hazel Park residents hold

6,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Hazel Park, 2011 → 2021: 2,712 → 2,626. 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.