Work & commute · Glendale

Work & commute in Glendale, WI

Most working residents leave Glendale for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (37%), Wauwatosa (6%) and Brookfield (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

542 of 6,458 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,916 Glendale residents head out of town to work, 542 work right here, and 13,786 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glendale.

5,916live here, work elsewhere

542live and work here

13,786work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glendale goes to work

Milwaukee4.8 mi away

37%2,373

Glendale (in town)right here

8%542

Wauwatosa7 mi away

6%393

Brookfield10.5 mi away

4%233

Menomonee Falls10.1 mi away

3%211

Mequon7.4 mi away

3%211

Brown Deer4.1 mi away

2%145

West Allis9.7 mi away

2%135

Whitefish Bay1.6 mi away

2%119

Madison75.8 mi away

2%117

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,979

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

How far

How far Glendale commutes

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

66%

21%

66%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glendale is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Glendale are

14,328 jobs are based in Glendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glendale

14,328 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Glendale residents hold

6,458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−9%

Jobs based in Glendale, 2013 → 2023: 15,783 → 14,328. 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.