Work & commute · Geneva

Work & commute in Geneva, WI

Most working residents leave Geneva for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Geneva (15%), Elkhorn (8%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 2,441 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,314 Geneva residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 1,422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geneva.

2,314live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

1,422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geneva goes to work

Lake Geneva4.2 mi away

15%366

Elkhorn4.1 mi away

8%201

Geneva (in town)right here

5%127

Madison57.6 mi away

5%125

Milwaukee40 mi away

4%98

Burlington11.3 mi away

4%94

Delavan7.5 mi away

4%90

Lyons6.1 mi away

2%55

Janesville27.2 mi away

2%46

Williams Bay4.5 mi away

2%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,198

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

How far

How far Geneva commutes

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

42%

15%

27%

16%

42%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geneva is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Geneva are

1,549 jobs are based in Geneva. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Geneva’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Geneva

1,549 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Geneva residents hold

2,441 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+24%

Jobs based in Geneva, 2013 → 2023: 1,254 → 1,549. 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.