Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, MI

Most working residents leave Monroe for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Frenchtown (8%), Monroe (6%) and Toledo (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,294 of 7,801 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 6,507 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 1,294 work right here, and 7,577 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

6,507live here, work elsewhere

1,294live and work here

7,577work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

17%1,294

Frenchtown3.4 mi away

8%631

Monroe2.6 mi away

6%473

Toledo, OH20.2 mi away

5%398

Detroit35.3 mi away

4%277

Ann Arbor30.5 mi away

4%275

Dearborn28.8 mi away

3%269

Romulus21.1 mi away

2%195

Taylor22.2 mi away

2%167

Livonia33.2 mi away

2%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%3,676

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

33%

24%

31%

12%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

8,871 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

8,871 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

7,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+7%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2011 → 2021: 8,267 → 8,871. 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.