Work & commute · Elkhorn

Work & commute in Elkhorn, WI

Most working residents leave Elkhorn for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Delavan (7%), Madison (6%) and Lake Geneva (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

827 of 5,176 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,349 Elkhorn residents head out of town to work, 827 work right here, and 5,387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elkhorn.

4,349live here, work elsewhere

827live and work here

5,387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elkhorn goes to work

Elkhorn (in town)right here

16%827

Delavan5.6 mi away

7%350

Madison53.6 mi away

6%289

Lake Geneva8.3 mi away

5%268

Burlington13.5 mi away

4%205

Milwaukee39.6 mi away

3%172

Janesville24.2 mi away

3%145

Lyons9.3 mi away

2%114

Waukesha27.6 mi away

2%112

Geneva4.1 mi away

2%93

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,601

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

How far

How far Elkhorn commutes

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

38%

22%

27%

14%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elkhorn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elkhorn are

6,214 jobs are based in Elkhorn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elkhorn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elkhorn

6,214 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Elkhorn residents hold

5,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+25%

Jobs based in Elkhorn, 2013 → 2023: 4,988 → 6,214. 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.