Work & commute · Highland Park

Work & commute in Highland Park, MI

Most working residents leave Highland Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (25%), Southfield (5%) and Warren (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 2,845 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,805 Highland Park residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 3,213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Park.

2,805live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

3,213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Park goes to work

Detroit1.6 mi away

25%703

Southfield9.5 mi away

5%134

Warren7.1 mi away

5%131

Troy12.6 mi away

4%127

Dearborn8.6 mi away

4%116

Livonia14 mi away

3%91

Lansing77.5 mi away

3%78

Farmington Hills15.2 mi away

3%74

Auburn Hills20 mi away

2%55

Sterling Heights12.6 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,285

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

How far

How far Highland Park commutes

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

45%

39%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Park is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Park are

3,253 jobs are based in Highland Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland Park

3,253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Highland Park residents hold

2,845 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−8%

Jobs based in Highland Park, 2011 → 2021: 3,542 → 3,253. 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.