Work & commute · Oconomowoc Lake

Work & commute in Oconomowoc Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Oconomowoc Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (12%), Oconomowoc (10%) and Waukesha (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 267 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 265 Oconomowoc Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 351 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oconomowoc Lake.

265live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

351work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oconomowoc Lake goes to work

Milwaukee24.5 mi away

12%33

Oconomowoc2.3 mi away

10%26

Waukesha12.2 mi away

8%22

Brookfield17 mi away

7%18

Wauwatosa21.1 mi away

4%12

West Allis22.3 mi away

4%11

Hartland5.8 mi away

3%8

Delafield4 mi away

3%8

Pewaukee10.7 mi away

3%8

New Berlin18.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%115

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

How far

How far Oconomowoc Lake commutes

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

25%

50%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oconomowoc Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oconomowoc Lake are

353 jobs are based in Oconomowoc Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oconomowoc Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oconomowoc Lake

353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Oconomowoc Lake residents hold

267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Oconomowoc Lake, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 353. 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.