City of Detroit (Annual)

WIN releases the City of Detroit report, in addition to the WIN Region and individual county reports, as new data becomes available. The most recent commuting pattern reports were released in 2018 and summarize data for the year 2015.

The city has a high level of both inbound and outbound commuting: about 33 percent of the City of Detroit’s residents both live and work in the city. The remainder work primarily elsewhere within Wayne County or in Oakland or Macomb Counties, though about 10 percent work in other locations. Similarly, most of those employed within the city live within Wayne, Oakland, or Macomb counties.