Work & commute · Green Lake

Work & commute in Green Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Green Lake for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ripon (15%), Oshkosh (6%) and Fond du Lac (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

61 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 426 Green Lake residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 726 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Lake.

426live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

726work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Lake goes to work

Ripon5.8 mi away

15%74

Green Lake (in town)right here

13%61

Oshkosh23 mi away

6%28

Fond du Lac26.2 mi away

4%21

Berlin8.5 mi away

3%17

Appleton41 mi away

3%15

Brooklyn0.9 mi away

3%14

Green Bay66.9 mi away

2%10

Madison57.6 mi away

2%10

Fox Crossing35.2 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%229

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

How far

How far Green Lake commutes

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

39%

13%

22%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Lake is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Lake are

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

Jobs based in Green Lake

787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Green Lake residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−11%

Jobs based in Green Lake, 2013 → 2023: 883 → 787. 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.