Work & commute · Menasha

Work & commute in Menasha, WI

Most working residents leave Menasha for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton (17%), Neenah (9%) and Grand Chute (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

685 of 9,154 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 8,469 Menasha residents head out of town to work, 685 work right here, and 7,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menasha.

8,469live here, work elsewhere

685live and work here

7,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menasha goes to work

Appleton5 mi away

17%1,550

Neenah4.2 mi away

9%863

Grand Chute5.8 mi away

9%806

Fox Crossing2.7 mi away

8%735

Menasha (in town)right here

7%685

Oshkosh14.7 mi away

6%581

Greenville7.7 mi away

3%244

Green Bay30.5 mi away

3%235

Little Chute7.6 mi away

2%196

Kaukauna9.2 mi away

2%172

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%3,087

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

How far

How far Menasha commutes

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

63%

14%

63%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menasha 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 Menasha are

7,734 jobs are based in Menasha. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Menasha’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Menasha

7,734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Menasha residents hold

9,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+4%

Jobs based in Menasha, 2013 → 2023: 7,429 → 7,734. 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.