Work & commute · Inkster

Work & commute in Inkster, MI

Most working residents leave Inkster for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (12%), Romulus (7%) and Dearborn (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

176 of 8,469 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 8,293 Inkster residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 1,977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inkster.

8,293live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

1,977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inkster goes to work

Detroit12.7 mi away

12%1,005

Romulus5.6 mi away

7%608

Dearborn5.7 mi away

7%570

Livonia7.6 mi away

5%449

Southfield12.9 mi away

4%338

Ann Arbor21 mi away

4%300

Taylor5.5 mi away

3%248

Troy21.9 mi away

3%221

Warren20.4 mi away

3%214

Farmington Hills13.5 mi away

3%213

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,303

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

How far

How far Inkster commutes

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

39%

43%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inkster is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inkster are

2,153 jobs are based in Inkster. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Inkster’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Inkster

2,153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Inkster residents hold

8,469 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−14%

Jobs based in Inkster, 2011 → 2021: 2,490 → 2,153. 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.