Work & commute · Lake Geneva

Work & commute in Lake Geneva, WI

About one in 4 of Lake Geneva’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Elkhorn (6%), Madison (5%) and Milwaukee (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

864 of 3,738 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,874 Lake Geneva residents head out of town to work, 864 work right here, and 5,561 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Geneva.

2,874live here, work elsewhere

864live and work here

5,561work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Geneva goes to work

Lake Geneva (in town)right here

23%864

Elkhorn8.3 mi away

6%212

Madison61.7 mi away

5%171

Milwaukee40.6 mi away

4%135

Delavan10.9 mi away

3%112

Burlington10.1 mi away

3%104

Geneva4.2 mi away

3%102

Lyons4.5 mi away

2%90

Janesville30.6 mi away

2%70

Brookfield36.8 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,814

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

How far

How far Lake Geneva commutes

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

44%

15%

24%

16%

44%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Geneva is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Geneva are

6,425 jobs are based in Lake Geneva. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Geneva’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Geneva

6,425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Lake Geneva residents hold

3,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+26%

Jobs based in Lake Geneva, 2013 → 2023: 5,085 → 6,425. 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.