Work & commute · New Berlin

Work & commute in New Berlin, WI

Most working residents leave New Berlin for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (22%), Wauwatosa (7%) and Brookfield (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,975 of 20,180 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 18,205 New Berlin residents head out of town to work, 1,975 work right here, and 23,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Berlin.

18,205live here, work elsewhere

1,975live and work here

23,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Berlin goes to work

Milwaukee10.4 mi away

22%4,469

New Berlin (in town)right here

10%1,975

Wauwatosa7.9 mi away

7%1,490

Brookfield6.4 mi away

7%1,339

Waukesha6.4 mi away

6%1,211

West Allis5.6 mi away

5%1,000

Menomonee Falls13 mi away

3%655

Pewaukee8.7 mi away

3%623

Madison66.2 mi away

2%383

Greenfield6.4 mi away

2%369

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%6,666

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

How far

How far New Berlin commutes

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

59%

28%

59%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Berlin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Berlin are

25,605 jobs are based in New Berlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Berlin

25,605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs New Berlin residents hold

20,180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+12%

Jobs based in New Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 22,830 → 25,605. 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.