Detroit Michigan Migration Patterns

Detroit Foot Traffic

This shows the citywide foot traffic in Detroit for the last few years.

Detroit foot traffic

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Detroit Work From Home Trend

This chart shows the number of people that are working from home, using mobility data to determine their home and work location. The trend in most places has been that more people are working from home during the pandemic.

Detroit work from home

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The charts below graph the inbound, outbound and net migration to the city of Detroit Michigan for each year of data available. Data displayed on the charts is annually aggregated; the REPerspectives product allows analysis of mobility trends with monthly granularity by State, Zip, County and Census Block Group.
Additional reports are available for the city residents, employees and tourists.

Detroit Michigan Migration In

The map below shows the migration into Detroit by Census Block Group (CBG).

Detroit migration in

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Detroit Michigan Net Migration

Detroit saw a net positive (inbound) resident count flow. There were -221 residents moved out of the state.

Detroit migration net

Detroit Michigan Migration Out

People migrating out from Detroit color coded by Census Block Group (CBG).

Detroit migration out

Detroit Michigan Residential Migration Counts

This chart shows the number of residents that moved to Detroit.

Detroit migration counts chart

States migrated to and from

The state that most migrants moved from (origin state, excluding Michigan itself) to Detroit Michigan was Georgia. The state that most migrants moved out (destination state, excluding Michigan itself) from Detroit Michigan was Florida.

Detroit states migration 2018
Detroit states migration 2019
Detroit states migration 2020

ADVAN measures the inbound, outbound and net migration to the city of Detroit Michigan for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Data displayed on the charts above are annually aggregated but using our product REPerspectives, it can be analyzed with monthly granularity by State, Zip, County and Census Block Group. Additional reports are available for the city residents, employees and tourists.

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