Work & commute · Mequon

Work & commute in Mequon, WI

Most working residents leave Mequon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (28%), Wauwatosa (5%) and Menomonee Falls (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,339 of 10,581 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,242 Mequon residents head out of town to work, 1,339 work right here, and 12,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mequon.

9,242live here, work elsewhere

1,339live and work here

12,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mequon goes to work

Milwaukee10.5 mi away

28%2,942

Mequon (in town)right here

13%1,339

Wauwatosa10.3 mi away

5%579

Menomonee Falls6.4 mi away

4%415

Glendale7.4 mi away

4%376

Brookfield11.4 mi away

3%311

Brown Deer3.3 mi away

3%265

Germantown5.7 mi away

2%226

Grafton8.6 mi away

2%201

West Allis14.1 mi away

2%195

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%3,732

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

How far

How far Mequon commutes

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

38%

45%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mequon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mequon are

13,880 jobs are based in Mequon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mequon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mequon

13,880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Mequon residents hold

10,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+3%

Jobs based in Mequon, 2013 → 2023: 13,481 → 13,880. 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.