Work & commute · Chilton

Work & commute in Chilton, WI

Most working residents leave Chilton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chilton (29%), Appleton (4%) and Kiel (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 518 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 508 Chilton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chilton.

508live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chilton goes to work

Chilton2.9 mi away

29%148

Appleton17.7 mi away

4%21

Kiel13.2 mi away

4%20

New Holstein9.4 mi away

3%18

Hilbert5.6 mi away

3%16

Brillion9.8 mi away

3%15

Brothertown8.2 mi away

2%12

Green Bay33.2 mi away

2%11

Neenah15.8 mi away

2%10

Fond du Lac23.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%237

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

How far

How far Chilton commutes

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

45%

31%

15%

45%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chilton is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chilton are

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

Jobs based in Chilton

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Chilton residents hold

518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−21%

Jobs based in Chilton, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 184. 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.