Work & commute · Grafton

Work & commute in Grafton, WI

Most working residents leave Grafton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (18%), Mequon (7%) and Cedarburg (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

766 of 6,170 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,404 Grafton residents head out of town to work, 766 work right here, and 5,980 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grafton.

5,404live here, work elsewhere

766live and work here

5,980work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grafton goes to work

Milwaukee18 mi away

18%1,133

Grafton (in town)right here

12%766

Mequon8.6 mi away

7%458

Cedarburg2.7 mi away

7%421

Wauwatosa18.6 mi away

4%219

Port Washington5.2 mi away

3%205

Menomonee Falls14.4 mi away

3%183

West Bend13.5 mi away

3%155

Germantown10.9 mi away

2%154

Glendale13.7 mi away

2%125

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,351

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

How far

How far Grafton commutes

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

38%

44%

38%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grafton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grafton are

6,746 jobs are based in Grafton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grafton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grafton

6,746 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Grafton residents hold

6,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in Grafton, 2013 → 2023: 6,173 → 6,746. 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.