Work & commute · Southgate

Work & commute in Southgate, MI

Most working residents leave Southgate for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (13%), Dearborn (8%) and Taylor (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

743 of 12,902 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,159 Southgate residents head out of town to work, 743 work right here, and 6,879 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southgate.

12,159live here, work elsewhere

743live and work here

6,879work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southgate goes to work

Detroit13.4 mi away

13%1,682

Dearborn7.5 mi away

8%1,024

Southgate (in town)right here

6%743

Taylor3.5 mi away

5%657

Romulus8.4 mi away

5%592

Wyandotte2.5 mi away

4%494

Livonia15.8 mi away

4%488

Southfield18.9 mi away

4%480

Troy26.4 mi away

2%294

Brownstown6.7 mi away

2%251

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%6,197

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

How far

How far Southgate commutes

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

40%

39%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southgate is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southgate are

7,622 jobs are based in Southgate. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southgate’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southgate

7,622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Southgate residents hold

12,902 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−25%

Jobs based in Southgate, 2011 → 2021: 10,137 → 7,622. 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.