Work & commute · Cudahy

Work & commute in Cudahy, WI

Most working residents leave Cudahy for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (32%), Oak Creek (6%) and Wauwatosa (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

793 of 8,912 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 8,119 Cudahy residents head out of town to work, 793 work right here, and 6,122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cudahy.

8,119live here, work elsewhere

793live and work here

6,122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cudahy goes to work

Milwaukee9.6 mi away

32%2,886

Cudahy (in town)right here

9%793

Oak Creek5 mi away

6%571

Wauwatosa11.8 mi away

4%397

West Allis9.3 mi away

4%341

Brookfield15.2 mi away

3%252

New Berlin13.5 mi away

2%204

Waukesha19.7 mi away

2%199

Menomonee Falls19.6 mi away

2%190

Franklin8.6 mi away

2%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,891

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

How far

How far Cudahy commutes

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

56%

30%

56%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cudahy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cudahy are

6,915 jobs are based in Cudahy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cudahy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cudahy

6,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Cudahy residents hold

8,912 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−3%

Jobs based in Cudahy, 2013 → 2023: 7,134 → 6,915. 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.