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Work & commute · Elm Grove

Work & commute in Elm Grove, WI

Most working residents leave Elm Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (25%), Wauwatosa (14%) and Brookfield (11%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
131 of 3,025 working residents
Typical commute
7 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
27%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,894 Elm Grove residents head out of town to work, 131 work right here, and 3,107 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elm Grove.

2,894live here, work elsewhere
131live and work here
3,107work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elm Grove goes to work

Elm GroveWest AllisGreenfieldWauwatosaWaukeshaPewaukeeNew BerlinMenomonee FallsOak CreekBrookfieldMadisonMilwaukeeMilwaukeeWauwatosaBrookfieldMenomonee FallsPewaukeeWaukeshaWest AllisNew BerlinMadisonElm Grove
1
Milwaukee6.2 mi away
25%754
2
Wauwatosa2.8 mi away
14%426
3
Brookfield1.9 mi away
11%328
4
Elm Grove (in town)right here
4%131
5
Menomonee Falls7.9 mi away
4%107
6
Pewaukee8.1 mi away
3%104
7
Waukesha8.4 mi away
3%102
8
West Allis4 mi away
3%91
9
New Berlin5.6 mi away
3%84
10
Madison67.8 mi away
2%55
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%843

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

How far

How far Elm Grove commutes

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

74%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elm Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elm Grove are

3,238 jobs are based in Elm Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elm Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elm Grove

3,238 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities42%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Elm Grove residents hold

3,025 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)72%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month70%
−3%

Jobs based in Elm Grove, 2013 → 2023: 3,333 → 3,238. 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.

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