Work & commute · Kaukauna

Work & commute in Kaukauna, WI

Most working residents leave Kaukauna for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton (17%), Grand Chute (7%) and Little Chute (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

1,091 of 9,210 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,119 Kaukauna residents head out of town to work, 1,091 work right here, and 6,396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kaukauna.

8,119live here, work elsewhere

1,091live and work here

6,396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kaukauna goes to work

Appleton6.1 mi away

17%1,559

Kaukauna (in town)right here

12%1,091

Grand Chute9.4 mi away

7%648

Little Chute2.9 mi away

6%507

Green Bay21.7 mi away

4%402

Fox Crossing11.2 mi away

4%396

Neenah13.2 mi away

4%364

Oshkosh23 mi away

3%285

De Pere14 mi away

3%237

Ashwaubenon16.4 mi away

3%234

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,487

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

How far

How far Kaukauna commutes

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

50%

31%

14%

50%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kaukauna is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kaukauna are

7,487 jobs are based in Kaukauna. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kaukauna’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kaukauna

7,487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Kaukauna residents hold

9,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Kaukauna, 2013 → 2023: 6,323 → 7,487. 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.