Work & commute · Melvindale

Work & commute in Melvindale, MI

Most working residents leave Melvindale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (15%), Dearborn (10%) and Livonia (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

147 of 3,822 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 3,675 Melvindale residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 2,154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Melvindale.

3,675live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

2,154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Melvindale goes to work

Detroit8.3 mi away

15%561

Dearborn2.8 mi away

10%387

Livonia12.7 mi away

5%178

Taylor5.7 mi away

4%152

Melvindale (in town)right here

4%147

Romulus10.3 mi away

3%130

Southfield14.1 mi away

3%123

Allen Park2 mi away

3%98

Troy21.2 mi away

3%98

Warren16.8 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,855

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

How far

How far Melvindale commutes

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

43%

36%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Melvindale is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Melvindale are

2,301 jobs are based in Melvindale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Melvindale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Melvindale

2,301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Melvindale residents hold

3,822 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Melvindale, 2011 → 2021: 2,344 → 2,301. 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.