Huron
Tuscola
WAYNE COUNTY LABOR SHED
Eaton
Oakland Ingham Macomb Livingston
Wayne Jackson Washtenaw Lenawee Hillsdale
Introduction The Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan (WIN) partnership is a collaboration of seven Michigan Works! Agencies (MWAs) and ten community colleges across a 19-county region in Michigan. The counties in the WIN partnership include: Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Ingham, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw, and Wayne, along with the City of Detroit. The WIN partnership region’s labor shed highlights why, when it comes to talent, we must think regionally: The workforce is mobile. Although 90.4% of the region’s workforce live and work1 in the 19-county area, not all residents work in their home county. It is not uncommon for workers to commute one or two counties over for work. This means that the residents in every county should be ready for the job demands of employers hiring throughout southeast Michigan. This document provides detailed information on where employees in the area commute to and from each day for work, how far they travel, along with other information about workers and businesses in the area. For more detail on the labor market, please see WIN’s Quarterly Labor Market Report publications.
34,333 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS IN 2019
Where Residents Work In 2019, Wayne County’s workforce consisted of 686,214 residents. 381,292 (55.6%) of the residents lived and worked within Wayne County, while the remaining 304,922 (44.4%) traveled outside of the county for work. Since 2017, the number of residents that traveled outside of the county for work increased by 15,976 (5.5%) individuals from 288,946 to 304,922. Wayne County residents have maintained similar commute patterns in recent years. In 2017, 15.5% of the county’s workforce (103,738 individuals) traveled more than 25 miles to their place of employment compared to 15.7% (107,590 individuals) in 2019. Oakland County was the most popular destination outside of Wayne County for residents to find employment. 145,905 residents (21.3% of the county’s workforce) traveled to Oakland County for employment in 2019, followed by 50,373 residents (7.3% of the county’s workforce) that traveled to Macomb County.
Sanilac
Genesee Lapeer St. Clair Clinton Shiawassee
329,054 JOBS POSTED ONLINE IN 2019
381,292 WORKERS THAT LIVED AND WORKED IN WAYNE COUNTY
107,590 RESIDENTS TRAVELING MORE THAN 25 MILES TO WORK
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Monroe