Work & commute · Woodhaven

Work & commute in Woodhaven, MI

Most working residents leave Woodhaven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit (13%), Dearborn (9%) and Taylor (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

264 of 5,854 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,590 Woodhaven residents head out of town to work, 264 work right here, and 5,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodhaven.

5,590live here, work elsewhere

264live and work here

5,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodhaven goes to work

Detroit18.5 mi away

13%747

Dearborn12.4 mi away

9%501

Woodhaven (in town)right here

5%264

Taylor6.5 mi away

4%252

Romulus9 mi away

4%235

Livonia19.5 mi away

4%220

Southfield23.5 mi away

4%206

Wyandotte6.6 mi away

3%190

Brownstown1.8 mi away

3%153

Southgate5.1 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,964

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

How far

How far Woodhaven commutes

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

30%

43%

19%

30%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodhaven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodhaven are

5,425 jobs are based in Woodhaven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodhaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodhaven

5,425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Woodhaven residents hold

5,854 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−8%

Jobs based in Woodhaven, 2011 → 2021: 5,920 → 5,425. 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.