Work & commute · Lincoln Park

Work & commute in Lincoln Park, MI

Most working residents leave Lincoln Park for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (15%), Dearborn (8%) and Taylor (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

585 of 14,639 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 14,054 Lincoln Park residents head out of town to work, 585 work right here, and 4,056 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln Park.

14,054live here, work elsewhere

585live and work here

4,056work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln Park goes to work

Detroit10.5 mi away

15%2,180

Dearborn5.1 mi away

8%1,177

Taylor4.6 mi away

5%804

Romulus9.6 mi away

4%652

Livonia14.4 mi away

4%627

Lincoln Park (in town)right here

4%585

Southfield16.5 mi away

3%484

Southgate2.9 mi away

3%476

Wyandotte2.6 mi away

3%389

Allen Park1.9 mi away

2%308

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%6,957

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

How far

How far Lincoln Park commutes

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

47%

35%

10%

47%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln Park is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln Park are

4,641 jobs are based in Lincoln Park. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincoln Park

4,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Lincoln Park residents hold

14,639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−13%

Jobs based in Lincoln Park, 2011 → 2021: 5,363 → 4,641. 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.