Photo: Dethistoricaler at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0Wyandotte has lower unemployment (3.5%) than 61% of U.S. towns
The average commute, 24 minutes each way, matches the Michigan norm. Jobs and income earn Wyandotte B; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in ten work in Wyandotte; the top destination outside it is Detroit (13%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wyandotte in brief
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Wyandotte
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wyandotte is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #326 of 701 in Michigan. Job access by car holds Wyandotte’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is three years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wyandotte could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Jobs in Wyandotte: what the 8,225 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyandotte, 2011 → 2021: 12,769 → 8,225. 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 Wyandotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Wyandotte
On a workday 9,323 residents head out to work, 1,211 work right here, and 7,014 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Wyandotte on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Wyandotte ends
Where Wyandotte clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Wyandotte’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyandotte workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,739 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Wyandotte works
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.
In Wyandotte, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wyandotte is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #143 of 701 in Michigan. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.8% across Michigan.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,021 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). 6.0% of Wyandotte households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Wyandotte’s commuters take a bus or train.
910th of 1,577: where Wyandotte ranks among U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 32 | Northville Township MI | 31,399 | $151K | 3.1% | 2.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Oakland Township MI | 20,631 | $167K | 2.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Cascade Township MI | 20,201 | $136K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 908 | Penn Township PA | 18,523 | $85K | 8.6% | 4.9% | 13% | B |
| 909 | Seminole FL | 18,997 | $76K | 9.4% | 5.3% | 6% | B |
| 910 | Wyandotte MI | 24,072 | $72K | 13.0% | 3.5% | 11% | B |
| 911 | Forest Park OH | 20,041 | $76K | 10.6% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 912 | North Myrtle Beach SC | 21,346 | $73K | 7.4% | 4.0% | 25% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Wyandotte, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Wyandotte and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Southgate (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wyandotte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte | – | B | B+ | 24 min | $71,987 |
| Lincoln Park | 2% | C | B | 24 min | $58,616 |
| Grosse Ile Township | under 2% | A− | C+ | 31 min | $126,582 |
| Ecorse | under 2% | C− | A− | 23 min | $40,241 |
| Southgate | 3% | B | B+ | 24 min | $66,118 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wyandotte’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 Wyandotte: questions
What is the median household income in Wyandotte?
$71,987 (±$3,288) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyandotte?
13.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyandotte?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyandotte work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit (13%, 12 mi), Dearborn (8%, 8 mi), Romulus (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Wyandotte walkable?
Wyandotte is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wyandotte without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wyandotte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyandotte
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.