Work & commute · Menomonee Falls

Work & commute in Menomonee Falls, WI

Most working residents leave Menomonee Falls for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (22%), Wauwatosa (8%) and Brookfield (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

2,518 of 17,961 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,443 Menomonee Falls residents head out of town to work, 2,518 work right here, and 29,034 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menomonee Falls.

15,443live here, work elsewhere

2,518live and work here

29,034work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menomonee Falls goes to work

Milwaukee10.2 mi away

22%3,989

Menomonee Falls (in town)right here

14%2,518

Wauwatosa7.9 mi away

8%1,525

Brookfield6.6 mi away

6%1,116

Waukesha12.1 mi away

4%632

Germantown5.2 mi away

3%608

West Allis11.5 mi away

2%433

New Berlin13 mi away

2%383

Pewaukee8.9 mi away

2%381

Mequon6.4 mi away

2%351

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%6,025

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

How far

How far Menomonee Falls commutes

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

53%

34%

53%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menomonee Falls is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Menomonee Falls are

31,552 jobs are based in Menomonee Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Menomonee Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Menomonee Falls

31,552 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Menomonee Falls residents hold

17,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+3%

Jobs based in Menomonee Falls, 2013 → 2023: 30,564 → 31,552. 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.