Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Clemens has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 10,714 people commute in to work
Employers in Mount Clemens report 11,220 jobs, and 6,281 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Mount Clemens is better than 31% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (B+). Measured by household income, Mount Clemens is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mount Clemens apart
Mount Clemens is where the jobs are
Mount Clemens has 11,220 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Mount Clemens than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mount Clemens fell from 15,197 in 2011 to 11,220 in 2021, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published.
Income, poverty and work: Mount Clemens’ grade explained
Job access by car holds Mount Clemens’ grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,310, U.S. $80,734).
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Clemens could be anywhere from C− to B.
Mount Clemens on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5,775 residents head out to work and 506 work right here.
About 20,000 people are in Mount Clemens on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Mount Clemens
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Clemens, 2011 → 2021: 15,197 → 11,220. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Clemens’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Mount Clemens, and from where
Where Mount Clemens clocks in
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Mount Clemens spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Clemens workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,622 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Clemens
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Mount Clemens is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,233 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 15.5% of Mount Clemens households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mount Clemens’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mount Clemens is 1,659th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
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| 7 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
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| 24 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Berkley MI | 15,145 | $116K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,657 | Camp Pendleton South CA | 15,766 | $70K | 6.6% | 13.2% | 1% | C |
| 1,658 | Wildwood FL | 19,436 | $77K | 12.8% | 7.5% | 20% | C |
| 1,659 | Mount Clemens MI | 15,419 | $52K | 16.3% | 6.8% | 8% | C |
| 1,660 | Red Wing MN | 16,805 | $67K | 13.8% | 4.9% | 46% | C |
| 1,661 | Pleasant Township IN | 14,561 | $73K | 14.2% | 6.2% | 36% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Clemens, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Mount Clemens’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Clemens workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clemens | – | C | B+ | 27 min | $52,310 |
| Clinton Township | 10% | B | B+ | 25 min | $74,244 |
| Harrison Township | under 3% | B | C | 28 min | $80,366 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clinton Township. Darker towns draw more of Mount Clemens’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mount Clemens: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Clemens?
$52,310 (±$8,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Clemens?
16.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Clemens?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Clemens work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clinton Township (10%, 2 mi), Detroit (8%, 19 mi), Warren (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Mount Clemens walkable?
Mount Clemens is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Clemens without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Clemens, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Clemens
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.