Work & commute · Cedarburg

Work & commute in Cedarburg, WI

Most working residents leave Cedarburg for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (19%), Mequon (7%) and Grafton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

623 of 5,432 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,809 Cedarburg residents head out of town to work, 623 work right here, and 3,801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedarburg.

4,809live here, work elsewhere

623live and work here

3,801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedarburg goes to work

Milwaukee16.4 mi away

19%1,014

Cedarburg (in town)right here

11%623

Mequon6.3 mi away

7%375

Grafton2.7 mi away

6%343

Wauwatosa16.5 mi away

4%206

Menomonee Falls11.8 mi away

4%199

Germantown8.2 mi away

3%147

Brookfield17.5 mi away

3%141

Glendale12.4 mi away

2%126

Port Washington7.9 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,152

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.

41%

42%

41%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedarburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedarburg are

4,424 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

4,424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Cedarburg residents hold

5,432 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+8%

Jobs based in Cedarburg, 2013 → 2023: 4,086 → 4,424. 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.