Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, MI

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (8%), Livonia (8%) and Dearborn (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

379 of 7,113 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 6,734 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 379 work right here, and 9,237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

6,734live here, work elsewhere

379live and work here

9,237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wayne goes to work

Detroit16.3 mi away

8%562

Livonia8.3 mi away

8%542

Dearborn9.4 mi away

7%467

Romulus4 mi away

6%418

Wayne (in town)right here

5%379

Westland2.9 mi away

5%351

Canton5.4 mi away

5%335

Southfield15.2 mi away

3%239

Ann Arbor17.5 mi away

3%198

Plymouth8.7 mi away

3%190

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%3,432

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

45%

40%

45%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

9,616 jobs are based in Wayne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wayne

9,616 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

7,113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2011 → 2021: 9,888 → 9,616. 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.