Work & commute · East Troy

Work & commute in East Troy, WI

Most working residents leave East Troy for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Mukwonago (7%), Waukesha (7%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

235 of 2,549 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 2,314 East Troy residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 1,578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Troy.

2,314live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

1,578work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Troy goes to work

East Troy (in town)right here

9%235

Mukwonago6 mi away

7%180

Waukesha17.2 mi away

7%175

Madison56.3 mi away

5%132

New Berlin18.7 mi away

4%102

Milwaukee29 mi away

4%100

Wauwatosa26.5 mi away

3%84

Elkhorn10.6 mi away

3%68

Pewaukee20.9 mi away

2%62

Burlington9.9 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%1,352

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

How far

How far East Troy commutes

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

26%

38%

21%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Troy is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Troy are

1,813 jobs are based in East Troy. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Troy’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Troy

1,813 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs East Troy residents hold

2,549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in East Troy, 2013 → 2023: 1,702 → 1,813. 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.