Work & commute · Green Bay

Work & commute in Green Bay, WI

About one in 3 of Green Bay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ashwaubenon (13%), De Pere (6%) and Howard (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

17,799 of 46,927 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29,128 Green Bay residents head out of town to work, 17,799 work right here, and 41,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Bay.

29,128live here, work elsewhere

17,799live and work here

41,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Bay goes to work

Green Bay (in town)right here

38%17,799

Ashwaubenon5.8 mi away

13%5,961

De Pere7.8 mi away

6%2,975

Howard5.3 mi away

4%1,829

Bellevue4.5 mi away

4%1,817

Milwaukee100.8 mi away

2%1,049

Appleton26 mi away

2%793

Allouez3.9 mi away

2%730

Madison122.4 mi away

1%653

Grand Chute27.9 mi away

1%576

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%12,745

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.

70%

16%

70%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Bay is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Bay are

59,720 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

59,720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Green Bay residents hold

46,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Green Bay, 2013 → 2023: 58,292 → 59,720. 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.