How long is the commute in Detroit?
Average travel time to work in Detroit, MI, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.
How Detroit gets to work.
Average commute, one way: 22.8 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min
How workers get to work
- Drove alone: 66.3
- Carpooled: 11
- Transit: 6
- Walked: 3.1
- From home: 10.1
Average commute (minutes)
- Detroit: 22.8
- Wayne County: 21.9
- MI: 21.5
- U.S.: 23
Work from home: 10.1% — U.S.: 13.5%
What it means
The typical commute here is close to the national average.
Working from home went from 3.4% of workers in 2015 to 10.1% in the latest estimates.
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
- Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
- data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
- ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most
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