Work & commute · Chilton

Work & commute in Chilton, WI

About one in 4 of Chilton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Appleton (5%), Kiel (4%) and Brillion (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

475 of 1,792 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,317 Chilton residents head out of town to work, 475 work right here, and 2,403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chilton.

1,317live here, work elsewhere

475live and work here

2,403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chilton goes to work

Chilton (in town)right here

27%475

Appleton20.5 mi away

5%86

Kiel10.4 mi away

4%80

Brillion10.9 mi away

4%71

Hilbert7.7 mi away

3%47

Oshkosh19.9 mi away

3%47

Fond du Lac22.6 mi away

2%42

New Holstein6.5 mi away

2%40

Plymouth22 mi away

2%37

Milwaukee67.5 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%835

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.

41%

34%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chilton is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chilton are

2,878 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

2,878 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Chilton residents hold

1,792 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−5%

Jobs based in Chilton, 2013 → 2023: 3,032 → 2,878. 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.