Work & commute · Cedarburg

Work & commute in Cedarburg, WI

Most working residents leave Cedarburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (19%), Cedarburg (10%) and Mequon (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

73 of 2,939 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,866 Cedarburg residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedarburg.

2,866live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

1,015work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedarburg goes to work

Milwaukee18.5 mi away

19%551

Cedarburg2.4 mi away

10%285

Mequon8.1 mi away

6%191

Grafton3.6 mi away

6%178

Wauwatosa18.4 mi away

4%128

Menomonee Falls12.8 mi away

4%108

Brookfield18.9 mi away

3%87

West Bend10.3 mi away

3%85

Port Washington7.7 mi away

3%74

Germantown8.5 mi away

3%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,178

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

How far

How far Cedarburg commutes

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

36%

45%

10%

36%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedarburg is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedarburg are

1,088 jobs are based in Cedarburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedarburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cedarburg

1,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cedarburg residents hold

2,939 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+38%

Jobs based in Cedarburg, 2013 → 2023: 790 → 1,088. 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.