Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, WI

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (29%), Wauwatosa (6%) and Oak Creek (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,283 of 16,655 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,372 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 1,283 work right here, and 12,497 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

15,372live here, work elsewhere

1,283live and work here

12,497work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Milwaukee12.6 mi away

29%4,815

Franklin (in town)right here

8%1,283

Wauwatosa12.4 mi away

6%1,028

Oak Creek5.7 mi away

5%853

West Allis8.6 mi away

4%637

Brookfield13.6 mi away

4%590

New Berlin8.5 mi away

3%532

Greenfield5.3 mi away

3%453

Waukesha14.6 mi away

3%431

Menomonee Falls19.8 mi away

2%366

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%5,667

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

How far

How far Franklin commutes

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

45%

42%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Franklin are

13,780 jobs are based in Franklin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Franklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Franklin

13,780 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

16,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+12%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 12,253 → 13,780. 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.