Warren

City Commute Profile

Warren, MI

Where Warren’s 57,179 resident workers go each day — 14.8% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Detroit.

MichiganLODES 2021 data
Based on 2021 Census LODES data — the most recent available for Michigan.
57
Commute Score

57 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Warren at a glance
Employed Residents
57,179
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Detroit
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Warren proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Warren commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Warren

57,179 commutes, one dot at a time

Warren

Where 57,179 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Warren, by worker count.

1Warren0.0 mi8,487
2Detroit8.0 mi7,119
3Troy8.8 mi4,598
4Sterling Heights6.4 mi3,441
5Southfield11.2 mi2,452
6Auburn Hills16.4 mi1,679
7Madison Heights4.0 mi1,669
8Royal Oak6.5 mi1,297

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Warren.

1Detroit8.0 mi10,354
2Warren0.0 mi8,487
3Sterling Heights6.4 mi5,259
4Troy8.8 mi2,946
5St. Clair Shores6.6 mi2,469
6Roseville4.6 mi2,237
7Rochester Hills13.7 mi2,186
8Royal Oak6.5 mi2,072

Top industries

The sectors that employ Warren’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services25.2%
MFManufacturing21.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.7%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises7.3%
RTRetail Trade7.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services3.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.5%

Warren city profile

Who lives in Warren — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
137,928
Median age
38.3yrs
Median household income
$64,016
Median home value
$193,400
Median gross rent
$1,225/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
21.0%
Poverty rate
14.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Warren

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps89%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Warren

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).