Work & commute · Brussels

Work & commute in Brussels, WI

Most working residents leave Brussels for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sturgeon Bay (38%), Green Bay (8%) and Sturgeon Bay (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 612 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 592 Brussels residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brussels.

592live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brussels goes to work

Sturgeon Bay13.2 mi away

38%231

Green Bay23.5 mi away

8%47

Sturgeon Bay18.5 mi away

4%23

Brussels (in town)right here

3%20

Algoma10.1 mi away

3%17

Ashwaubenon29.3 mi away

2%15

Clay Banks12.8 mi away

2%13

Nasewaupee10.4 mi away

2%10

Forestville5.7 mi away

1%9

De Pere31 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%218

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

How far

How far Brussels commutes

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

12%

53%

18%

16%

12%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brussels is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brussels are

172 jobs are based in Brussels. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brussels’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brussels

172 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Brussels residents hold

612 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+83%

Jobs based in Brussels, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 172. 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.