Work & commute · Dousman

Work & commute in Dousman, WI

Most working residents leave Dousman for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (9%), Waukesha (8%) and Oconomowoc (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

63 of 1,211 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,148 Dousman residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 663 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dousman.

1,148live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

663work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dousman goes to work

Milwaukee26 mi away

9%112

Waukesha11.6 mi away

8%99

Oconomowoc6.4 mi away

6%71

Dousman (in town)right here

5%63

Pewaukee12.3 mi away

5%63

Delafield5.9 mi away

4%50

Wales5.3 mi away

3%39

Hartland9.5 mi away

3%38

New Berlin17.7 mi away

3%35

Menomonee Falls20.7 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%607

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

How far

How far Dousman commutes

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

30%

42%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dousman is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dousman are

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

Jobs based in Dousman

726 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Dousman residents hold

1,211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Dousman, 2013 → 2023: 726 → 726. 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.