Work & commute · Greenfield

Work & commute in Greenfield, WI

Most working residents leave Greenfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (31%), Wauwatosa (7%) and West Allis (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

905 of 18,115 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,210 Greenfield residents head out of town to work, 905 work right here, and 12,418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenfield.

17,210live here, work elsewhere

905live and work here

12,418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenfield goes to work

Milwaukee7.3 mi away

31%5,538

Wauwatosa7.2 mi away

7%1,261

West Allis3.4 mi away

5%930

Greenfield (in town)right here

5%905

Brookfield9.2 mi away

4%728

New Berlin6.4 mi away

4%698

Oak Creek7.8 mi away

4%643

Waukesha12.6 mi away

3%624

Franklin5.3 mi away

2%443

Menomonee Falls14.9 mi away

2%423

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%5,922

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

How far

How far Greenfield commutes

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

64%

23%

64%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenfield is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenfield are

13,323 jobs are based in Greenfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenfield

13,323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Greenfield residents hold

18,115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

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Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 13,259 → 13,323. 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.