Work & commute · Kenosha

Work & commute in Kenosha, WI

About one in 3 of Kenosha’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pleasant Prairie (11%), Racine (5%) and Milwaukee (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

13,681 of 47,076 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 33,395 Kenosha residents head out of town to work, 13,681 work right here, and 25,700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenosha.

33,395live here, work elsewhere

13,681live and work here

25,700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenosha goes to work

Kenosha (in town)right here

29%13,681

Pleasant Prairie4.2 mi away

11%5,108

Racine10.1 mi away

5%2,141

Milwaukee33.2 mi away

5%2,139

Mount Pleasant8.4 mi away

4%1,659

Waukegan, IL15.1 mi away

2%998

Chicago, IL52.8 mi away

2%869

Somers1.2 mi away

1%672

Somers3.9 mi away

1%640

Madison85.8 mi away

1%637

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%18,532

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

How far

How far Kenosha commutes

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

51%

18%

19%

12%

51%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenosha is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenosha are

39,381 jobs are based in Kenosha. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kenosha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kenosha

39,381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Kenosha residents hold

47,076 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+34%

Jobs based in Kenosha, 2013 → 2023: 29,311 → 39,381. 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.