Work & commute · Germantown

Work & commute in Germantown, WI

Most working residents leave Germantown for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (20%), Menomonee Falls (10%) and Wauwatosa (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,127 of 9,467 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,340 Germantown residents head out of town to work, 1,127 work right here, and 12,730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Germantown.

8,340live here, work elsewhere

1,127live and work here

12,730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Germantown goes to work

Milwaukee14.3 mi away

20%1,885

Germantown (in town)right here

12%1,127

Menomonee Falls5.2 mi away

10%950

Wauwatosa12.7 mi away

6%604

Brookfield11.8 mi away

4%396

Mequon5.7 mi away

3%295

West Allis16.4 mi away

2%197

West Bend13 mi away

2%195

Brown Deer8.6 mi away

2%191

Waukesha16.7 mi away

2%176

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,451

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

How far

How far Germantown commutes

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

41%

44%

41%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Germantown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Germantown are

13,857 jobs are based in Germantown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Germantown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Germantown

13,857 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Germantown residents hold

9,467 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+26%

Jobs based in Germantown, 2013 → 2023: 10,974 → 13,857. 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.