Where Detroit's pallets pile up
Detroit Pallet Yard covers Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and the counties around them: Washtenaw, Monroe and St. Clair. Pick a county or a city to see its docks.
The metro in six counties
The middle of the metro is three counties. Wayne had 1,793,561 people at the 2020 census, Oakland had 1,274,395 and Macomb had 881,217. Between them are the assembly plants, the supplier headquarters, the airport, the defense work and the food wholesalers. Washtenaw adds university and automotive research, Monroe adds furniture, steel and a Lake Erie port, and St. Clair adds the crossing at Port Huron.
| County | What ships there |
|---|---|
| Wayne County | Automotive assembly, auto parts and stamping, air cargo and e-commerce fulfillment, steel and port terminals, chemicals, grocery distribution |
| Oakland County | Automotive headquarters and tech centers, auto suppliers, vehicle assembly, light industrial parks, cold storage and logistics |
| Macomb County | Defense and armored vehicle manufacturing, vehicle assembly, auto engineering, machining and gears |
| Washtenaw County | University and medical research, automotive research and testing, manufacturing |
| Monroe County | Furniture manufacturing, steel, auto parts, power generation, port |
| St. Clair County | Cross-border trucking and rail, automotive parts, healthcare |
How an area page helps
Each city and district page is built from what is actually there: the industries, the ZIP codes, and the pallet sizes those industries tend to use. A Warren page does not read like a Romulus page, because a stamping shop and an air cargo building do not use pallets the same way. If your building is between two names, use the nearer one. The list below is every page, with a line on each.
How the area is organised
Counties come first because trucks think in counties: a route through Macomb is a different day from one through Wayne. Cities come next, since each has its own employers. Two districts of Detroit, Eastern Market and Southwest Detroit with Delray, have their own pages because their freight is unlike the surrounding city's.
If your town is missing
Not every suburb has a page. The metro is large, and the pages cover the places where docks turned up that were worth describing. A town not listed is not excluded. Name it in the request, along with the nearest city on the list.
Choosing the right page
If you know your city, go to it. If you only know your county, go to that and look for the nearest city. If you are not sure, start with the county that holds your ZIP code. The ZIP lists on each page are the ones named in public county records.
Corridors
I-75, I-94, I-96, I-275, I-696, M-53 and M-59 tie the counties together. A request that names the nearest corridor helps.
Search tips
Look for your city first.
Every county and city
- Wayne County Wayne County pallets: Detroit assembly, the Rouge complex, Metro Airport fulfillment, river steel and chemicals. Cities, ZIPs and the docks in each.
- Oakland County Oakland County pallets: supplier headquarters in Troy and Auburn Hills, light industrial parks, cold storage in Novi. Cities, ZIPs and docks.
- Macomb County Macomb County pallets: defense contracting, Warren and Sterling Heights assembly, gears and machining. Cities, ZIPs and the docks in each.
- Washtenaw County Washtenaw County pallets: Ann Arbor research and medical freight, automotive testing and the Willow Run industrial legacy in Ypsilanti.
- Monroe County Monroe County pallets: furniture at La-Z-Boy, steel bar, power generation and Michigan's only Lake Erie port. Monroe city, ZIPs and docks.
- St. Clair County St. Clair County pallets: Port Huron and the Blue Water Bridge, cross-border trucking and rail, auto parts and healthcare. ZIPs and docks.
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