Work & commute · Huron

Work & commute in Huron, MI

Most working residents leave Huron for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (8%), Dearborn (7%) and Romulus (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

367 of 7,054 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 6,687 Huron residents head out of town to work, 367 work right here, and 4,971 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huron.

6,687live here, work elsewhere

367live and work here

4,971work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huron goes to work

Detroit21.1 mi away

8%596

Dearborn13.9 mi away

7%517

Romulus5.4 mi away

7%464

Huron (in town)right here

5%367

Livonia17.5 mi away

5%333

Taylor7.3 mi away

4%304

Southfield23.4 mi away

3%187

Ann Arbor21.2 mi away

3%185

Woodhaven6.3 mi away

2%149

Brownstown7 mi away

2%141

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%3,811

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

How far

How far Huron commutes

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

28%

46%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huron is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Huron are

5,338 jobs are based in Huron. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Huron’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Huron

5,338 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Huron residents hold

7,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+152%

Jobs based in Huron, 2011 → 2021: 2,115 → 5,338. 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.