Work & commute · Kohler

Work & commute in Kohler, WI

Most working residents leave Kohler for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sheboygan (32%), Sheboygan (6%) and Sheboygan Falls (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

127 of 997 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 870 Kohler residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 5,781 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kohler.

870live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

5,781work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kohler goes to work

Sheboygan2.3 mi away

32%318

Kohler (in town)right here

13%127

Sheboygan2.8 mi away

6%55

Sheboygan Falls2.5 mi away

5%50

Sheboygan Falls5 mi away

4%40

Plymouth9.4 mi away

4%39

Milwaukee47.7 mi away

3%26

Wilson4.9 mi away

2%20

Manitowoc25.2 mi away

2%18

Madison94.4 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%288

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

How far

How far Kohler commutes

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

68%

12%

14%

68%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kohler is a job hub

5.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

5.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Kohler are

5,908 jobs are based in Kohler. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kohler’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kohler

5,908 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Kohler residents hold

997 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−17%

Jobs based in Kohler, 2013 → 2023: 7,112 → 5,908. 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.