Work & commute · Jackson

Work & commute in Jackson, WI

Most working residents leave Jackson for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (15%), West Bend (8%) and Germantown (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

215 of 4,063 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,848 Jackson residents head out of town to work, 215 work right here, and 3,413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jackson.

3,848live here, work elsewhere

215live and work here

3,413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jackson goes to work

Milwaukee20.3 mi away

15%628

West Bend6.8 mi away

8%328

Germantown6.2 mi away

6%238

Menomonee Falls11.3 mi away

6%229

Jackson (in town)right here

5%215

Wauwatosa18.9 mi away

5%187

Brookfield17.8 mi away

3%122

Mequon10.6 mi away

2%101

Grafton11 mi away

2%91

Cedarburg8.9 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%1,841

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

How far

How far Jackson commutes

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

32%

51%

32%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jackson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jackson are

3,628 jobs are based in Jackson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jackson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jackson

3,628 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Jackson residents hold

4,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+53%

Jobs based in Jackson, 2013 → 2023: 2,370 → 3,628. 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.