Work & commute · Mukwonago

Work & commute in Mukwonago, WI

Most working residents leave Mukwonago for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Waukesha (11%), Milwaukee (10%) and New Berlin (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

502 of 4,111 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,609 Mukwonago residents head out of town to work, 502 work right here, and 5,053 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mukwonago.

3,609live here, work elsewhere

502live and work here

5,053work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mukwonago goes to work

Mukwonago (in town)right here

12%502

Waukesha11.4 mi away

11%436

Milwaukee23.1 mi away

10%392

New Berlin12.7 mi away

6%255

Wauwatosa20.5 mi away

4%166

Pewaukee15.2 mi away

4%161

Brookfield17.8 mi away

4%160

West Allis18.2 mi away

3%128

Menomonee Falls23.4 mi away

2%90

Madison58.4 mi away

2%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,734

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

How far

How far Mukwonago commutes

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

24%

55%

11%

24%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mukwonago is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mukwonago are

5,555 jobs are based in Mukwonago. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mukwonago’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mukwonago

5,555 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Mukwonago residents hold

4,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+36%

Jobs based in Mukwonago, 2013 → 2023: 4,091 → 5,555. 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.