Work & commute · Macomb

Work & commute in Macomb, MI

Most working residents leave Macomb for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Sterling Heights (8%), Warren (8%) and Clinton (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,826 of 39,341 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 37,515 Macomb residents head out of town to work, 1,826 work right here, and 8,117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Macomb.

37,515live here, work elsewhere

1,826live and work here

8,117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Macomb goes to work

Sterling Heights8.6 mi away

8%3,285

Warren13.7 mi away

8%3,205

Clinton5.8 mi away

8%3,140

Troy13.2 mi away

8%3,077

Detroit22.2 mi away

7%2,787

Shelby6 mi away

6%2,209

Macomb (in town)right here

5%1,826

Auburn Hills16.5 mi away

4%1,730

Rochester Hills12.3 mi away

2%919

Mount Clemens5.6 mi away

2%891

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%16,272

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

How far

How far Macomb commutes

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

36%

46%

12%

36%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Macomb 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 Macomb are

9,943 jobs are based in Macomb. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Macomb’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Macomb

9,943 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Macomb residents hold

39,341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+22%

Jobs based in Macomb, 2011 → 2021: 8,139 → 9,943. 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.