Work & commute · Green Bay

Work & commute in Green Bay, WI

Most working residents leave Green Bay for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Green Bay (28%), Ashwaubenon (11%) and De Pere (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,067 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,025 Green Bay residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 515 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Bay.

1,025live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

515work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Bay goes to work

Green Bay10.8 mi away

28%300

Ashwaubenon16.6 mi away

11%114

De Pere18.2 mi away

5%52

Bellevue12.4 mi away

4%47

Green Bay (in town)right here

4%42

Luxemburg5.8 mi away

3%34

Howard13.7 mi away

2%26

Humboldt6.9 mi away

2%25

Milwaukee106.5 mi away

2%23

Scott4.9 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%386

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

How far

How far Green Bay commutes

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

17%

57%

11%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Bay is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Bay are

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

Jobs based in Green Bay

557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Green Bay residents hold

1,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+32%

Jobs based in Green Bay, 2013 → 2023: 421 → 557. 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.