Work & commute · Butler

Work & commute in Butler, WI

Most working residents leave Butler for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (20%), Wauwatosa (9%) and Menomonee Falls (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 922 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 891 Butler residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 3,538 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butler.

891live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

3,538work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butler goes to work

Milwaukee6.2 mi away

20%185

Wauwatosa3.6 mi away

9%81

Menomonee Falls4.3 mi away

9%81

Brookfield3.8 mi away

9%80

Waukesha11.1 mi away

4%36

West Allis7.3 mi away

4%35

Butler (in town)right here

3%31

New Berlin9.9 mi away

3%31

Pewaukee9.2 mi away

3%25

Madison68.5 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%319

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

How far

How far Butler commutes

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

69%

20%

69%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butler is a job hub

3.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Butler are

3,569 jobs are based in Butler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Butler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Butler

3,569 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Butler residents hold

922 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+6%

Jobs based in Butler, 2013 → 2023: 3,372 → 3,569. 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.