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Wayne County at a glance

Freeways, rail and airports in Wayne County

• I-75 runs through the Downriver communities and the southwest side of Detroit, where it is the Fisher Freeway along the northern edge of downtown before turning onto the Chrysler Freeway.
• I-94 (the Edsel Ford Freeway in Detroit) runs east and west through the central parts of the county and connects to the northern side of Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
• I-96 has its eastern terminus in Detroit, and I-275 runs through the western part of the county.
• Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus is a hub for Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines. Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township has four runways and no scheduled flights, and Coleman A. Young International Airport sits on Detroit's northeast side.

Wayne County in brief

• Wayne County is the most populous county in Michigan and the 19th most populous in the United States. It was founded in 1796 and organised in 1815.
• It is named for the Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne, and its county seat and largest city is Detroit.
• Wayne County is part of the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan statistical area, and Detroit is the largest US city on the Canada-United States border.

Cities in Wayne County

Three kinds of freight in one county

Wayne County mixes assembly, stamping, steel and chemicals with air cargo, fulfillment and grocery distribution. That breadth is why a request here needs a spec, not a size. Distribution buildings clear returns and film, where Grade B or C is enough; stamping and steel want shorter, heavier boxes with a full flap bottom; air cargo wants dry, strapped boxes loaded below the rating. The grades page and the wall guides explain the choices.

Dearborn

Dearborn has 6 ZIP codes (48120, 48121, 48123, 48124, 48126, 48128). Ford employs 43,080 here per the 2022 city financial report; the Rouge complex builds the F-Series. Trades: vehicle assembly; steel; auto engineering; logistics; workwear.

Ford Motor Company's world headquarters is in Dearborn, and its campus holds research, testing, finance and some production facilities. Ford Land controls the company's properties, including leasing to unrelated businesses. CSX Transportation's Detroit Subdivision, Canadian National's Dearborn Subdivision and a Conrail Shared Assets yard track pass through the city, and most of the freight on them is related to the automotive industry. Other major employers named include the auto supplier Visteon, Henry Ford College and the Oakwood healthcare system. (Wikipedia, Dearborn, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Livonia

Livonia has 5 ZIP codes (48150, 48151, 48152, 48153, 48154). Top employers include Ford, ZF Automotive, Roush Performance, UPS and Mastronardi Produce. Trades: auto suppliers; Ford operations; parcel logistics; produce.

St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Schoolcraft College and Livonia Public Schools sit alongside the commercial and industrial sectors in the leading employers. Livonia is a western suburb roughly 20 miles northwest of downtown Detroit. (Wikipedia, Livonia, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Romulus

Romulus has 3 ZIP codes (48174, 48184, 48242). Amazon's DTW1 (opened 2018) employs about 1,600; Kroger built a $95 million automated fulfillment center in 2021; 48242 is the airport's own ZIP. Trades: air cargo; e-commerce fulfillment; automated grocery fulfillment; engine and transmission plant.

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport lies in Romulus, about 18 miles southwest of the city centre, and is run by the Wayne County Airport Authority. The airport covers 4,850 acres, has six runways, two terminals and 129 gates, and is the second-largest hub for Delta Air Lines. (Wikipedia, Romulus, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Taylor

Taylor has ZIP code 48180. Ford leased the former Masco headquarters property. Trades: industrial and commercial parks; Ford leased offices; retail distribution.

Taylor is the most populated municipality of the Downriver community and sits about five miles west of Detroit's southern border. It was organised as Taylor Township in 1848 and incorporated as a city in 1968. Taylor is a Downriver suburb about 16 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, with 63,409 people at the 2020 census, the 17th most populous city in Michigan. The city has the Southland Center, the Taylor Sportsplex, a hospital and the Downriver Campus of Wayne County Community College District. (Wikipedia, Taylor, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Wayne

Wayne has ZIP code 48184. Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant, built in 1957, and Wayne Stamping & Assembly sit in the city. Trades: vehicle assembly; stamping.

The Sauk Trail crossed the site of Wayne, later known as the Chicago Road, and the settlement took the name Wayne in 1836 in honour of Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne. Wayne is a western suburb about 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, with 17,713 people at the 2020 census. (Wikipedia, Wayne, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Canton Township

Canton Township has 2 ZIP codes (48187, 48188). 2024 top employers include Yazaki North America (1,112), A. D. Transport Express (554), Sysco Detroit (373) and Amazon (300). Trades: wire harness HQ; trucking; food distribution; e-commerce and retail distribution.

I-275 runs south to north near the eastern edge of the township and is reached from Michigan Avenue (exit 22) and Ford Road (exit 25); US 12 (Michigan Avenue) runs east and west through the south and M-153 (Ford Road) near the centre. Canton is a charter township about 23 miles west of downtown Detroit and 15 miles east of Ann Arbor. (Wikipedia, Canton, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Van Buren Township and Belleville

Van Buren Township and Belleville has 3 ZIP codes (48111, 48174, 48184). Visteon is based here; USA Jet Airlines is headquartered at Willow Run Airport. Trades: auto parts HQ; EV battery plant under construction; air cargo.

It surrounds the independent city of Belleville, so places in the township are often described as being in Belleville. (Wikipedia, Van Buren Charter Township, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

River Rouge and Zug Island

River Rouge and Zug Island has 2 ZIP codes (48218, 48209). Zug Island covers 0.93 sq mi of the city and is heavily industrialized; port terminals line the Rouge. Trades: steel; river terminals.

The city is named for the River Rouge, which flows along its northern border into the Detroit River, and includes the heavily industrialised Zug Island. River Rouge is an inner-ring Downriver suburb about seven miles southwest of downtown Detroit, with 7,224 people at the 2020 census. River Rouge became a village in 1899 and incorporated as a city on April 3, 1922, to avoid annexation by Detroit. (Wikipedia, River Rouge, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Wyandotte

Wyandotte has ZIP code 48192. BASF Wyandotte sits on the north riverfront, descended from the 1893 Michigan Alkali Company. Trades: chemicals; municipal utilities.

The Canadian National Railway's Shore Line and Flat Rock subdivisions and a Conrail Shared Assets line used by Norfolk Southern trains run in parallel through Wyandotte, connecting Detroit and Toledo, Ohio. M-85, known locally as Fort Street, forms most of the westernmost boundary of the city. After the Wyandot ceded the land in 1818, Major John Biddle bought 2,200 acres and named his estate Wyandotte. The city plan was laid out by the manager of the Eureka Iron & Steel Works and the Wyandotte Rolling Mills. (Wikipedia, Wyandotte, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Woodhaven

Woodhaven has 2 ZIP codes (48134, 48183). Ford's Woodhaven Stamping Plant, opened 1964, employed about 487 people in 2025 making body panels and chassis parts. Trades: metal stamping.

Woodhaven is a Downriver suburb about 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, with 12,941 people at the 2020 census. Woodhaven has two ZIP codes. 48183 covers most of the city plus Trenton and parts of Brownstown Township, and 48134 covers a small southwest corner shared with Flat Rock. (Wikipedia, Woodhaven, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Flat Rock

Flat Rock has 2 ZIP codes (48134, 48173). Ford has run plants here since its 1925 lamp factory, including the Michigan Casting Center. Trades: vehicle assembly.

Ford's Flat Rock Assembly Plant covers 2,900,000 square feet of production space, employs about 3,510 hourly and 140 salaried workers, and currently builds the Ford Mustang. Henry Ford was drawn by the water power of the Huron River and in 1925 opened the Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory on its banks, with the Flat Rock Dam built to supply hydroelectric power. Flat Rock lies in both Wayne and Monroe counties, about 23 miles southwest of downtown Detroit, with 10,541 people at the 2020 census. (Wikipedia, Flat Rock, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

Brownstown Township

Brownstown Township has 6 ZIP codes (48134, 48164, 48173, 48174, 48183, 48193). GM set up a battery pack assembly plant in a converted warehouse; Amazon opened a distribution center in 2015. Trades: battery pack assembly; e-commerce distribution; farming.

The township's highways include I-75, US 24 (Telegraph Road) and M-85 (Fort Street), and the old US 25 followed the present Dix-Toledo Road through the north. Brownstown Charter Township was established in 1827 and had 33,194 people at the 2020 census. The township covers 30.64 square miles, of which 8.45 are water. (Wikipedia, Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, retrieved 2026-11-11)

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