Work & commute · Rockwood

Work & commute in Rockwood, MI

Most working residents leave Rockwood for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (9%), Dearborn (7%) and Livonia (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,422 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,380 Rockwood residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockwood.

1,380live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockwood goes to work

Detroit22.7 mi away

9%131

Dearborn16.8 mi away

7%94

Livonia23.5 mi away

5%68

Brownstown2.8 mi away

4%60

Taylor10.8 mi away

4%58

Romulus12.2 mi away

4%55

Rockwood (in town)right here

3%42

Woodhaven4.4 mi away

3%40

Southgate9.5 mi away

3%39

Troy35.8 mi away

3%38

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%797

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

How far

How far Rockwood commutes

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

25%

41%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockwood is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockwood are

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

Jobs based in Rockwood

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Rockwood residents hold

1,422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+13%

Jobs based in Rockwood, 2011 → 2021: 366 → 415. 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.