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Work & commute in Brown Deer, WI

Most working residents leave Brown Deer for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (36%), Wauwatosa (6%) and Mequon (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
408 of 6,375 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
23%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,967 Brown Deer residents head out of town to work, 408 work right here, and 8,753 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brown Deer.

5,967live here, work elsewhere
408live and work here
8,753work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Brown Deer goes to work

Brown DeerRiver HillsGlendaleWest AllisWauwatosaWaukeshaNew BerlinGermantownMenomonee FallsBrookfieldMequonMilwaukeeMilwaukeeWauwatosaMequonMenomonee FallsGlendaleBrookfieldWest AllisGermantownWaukeshaBrown Deer
1
Milwaukee7.7 mi away
36%2,323
2
Brown Deer (in town)right here
6%408
3
Wauwatosa8.3 mi away
6%400
4
Mequon3.3 mi away
4%261
5
Menomonee Falls7.5 mi away
4%258
6
Glendale4.1 mi away
4%238
7
Brookfield10.5 mi away
3%184
8
West Allis11.9 mi away
3%167
9
Germantown8.6 mi away
2%136
10
Waukesha17.8 mi away
2%120
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%1,880

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Brown Deer commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Brown Deer is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brown Deer are

9,161 jobs are based in Brown Deer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brown Deer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brown Deer

9,161 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Brown Deer residents hold

6,375 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+27%

Jobs based in Brown Deer, 2013 → 2023: 7,226 → 9,161. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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