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Work & commute · North Prairie

Work & commute in North Prairie, WI

Most working residents leave North Prairie for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Waukesha (14%), Milwaukee (10%) and Brookfield (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
25 of 981 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 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 956 North Prairie residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 646 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Prairie.

956live here, work elsewhere
25live and work here
646work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Prairie goes to work

North PrairieHartlandMukwonagoDelafieldWest AllisWauwatosaWaukeshaPewaukeeNew BerlinMuskegoKenoshaBrookfieldMilwaukeeMukwonagoOttawaGeneseeWaukeshaMilwaukeeBrookfieldMukwonagoPewaukeeNew BerlinHartlandWauwatosaWest AllisGeneseeNorth Prairie
1
Waukesha9.2 mi away
14%133
2
Milwaukee23.6 mi away
10%99
3
Brookfield16.7 mi away
5%52
4
Mukwonago7.3 mi away
5%50
5
Pewaukee11.8 mi away
4%38
6
New Berlin14 mi away
3%34
7
Hartland11.7 mi away
3%32
8
Wauwatosa20.4 mi away
3%31
9
West Allis19.4 mi away
3%28
10
Genesee2.9 mi away
3%27
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%457

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

How far

How far North Prairie commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
52%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Prairie is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Prairie are

671 jobs are based in North Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Prairie

671 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)53%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)31%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs North Prairie residents hold

981 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+9%

Jobs based in North Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 614 → 671. 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.

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