Work & commute · Empire

Work & commute in Empire, WI

Most working residents leave Empire for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fond du Lac (39%), Oshkosh (6%) and Madison (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 1,502 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,475 Empire residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 652 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Empire.

1,475live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

652work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Empire goes to work

Fond du Lac5.2 mi away

39%591

Oshkosh21.8 mi away

6%86

Empire (in town)right here

2%27

Madison71.4 mi away

2%26

North Fond du Lac8.4 mi away

2%25

Sheboygan30.3 mi away

2%24

Osceola7.8 mi away

2%24

Appleton36.5 mi away

1%19

Eden4.1 mi away

1%18

Milwaukee51.1 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%644

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

How far

How far Empire commutes

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

49%

18%

17%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Empire is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Empire are

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

Jobs based in Empire

679 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Empire residents hold

1,502 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+307%

Jobs based in Empire, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 679. 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.