Work & commute · Gardner

Work & commute in Gardner, WI

Most working residents leave Gardner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sturgeon Bay (23%), Green Bay (11%) and Ashwaubenon (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 580 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 574 Gardner residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardner.

574live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardner goes to work

Sturgeon Bay10.7 mi away

23%132

Green Bay29.9 mi away

11%66

Ashwaubenon35.5 mi away

4%26

Brussels9.4 mi away

3%18

Sturgeon Bay15.7 mi away

3%17

De Pere37.7 mi away

2%13

Nasewaupee5.3 mi away

2%12

Milwaukee124.7 mi away

2%11

Manitowoc52 mi away

2%9

Sevastopol21 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%267

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

How far

How far Gardner commutes

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

21%

26%

27%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardner is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardner are

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

Jobs based in Gardner

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Gardner residents hold

580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−77%

Jobs based in Gardner, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 61. 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.