Work & commute · Greendale

Work & commute in Greendale, WI

Most working residents leave Greendale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (28%), Wauwatosa (6%) and West Allis (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

409 of 6,848 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 6,439 Greendale residents head out of town to work, 409 work right here, and 3,329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greendale.

6,439live here, work elsewhere

409live and work here

3,329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greendale goes to work

Milwaukee8.7 mi away

28%1,942

Wauwatosa8.7 mi away

6%443

Greendale (in town)right here

6%409

West Allis4.9 mi away

4%268

Brookfield10.4 mi away

4%268

Franklin3.9 mi away

4%261

Greenfield1.5 mi away

4%260

Oak Creek6.7 mi away

3%239

New Berlin6.9 mi away

3%216

Waukesha13.2 mi away

3%192

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,350

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

How far

How far Greendale commutes

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

61%

25%

10%

61%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greendale is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greendale are

3,738 jobs are based in Greendale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greendale

3,738 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Greendale residents hold

6,848 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in Greendale, 2013 → 2023: 3,846 → 3,738. 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.