Work & commute · Oconomowoc

Work & commute in Oconomowoc, WI

Most working residents leave Oconomowoc for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (10%), Waukesha (7%) and Brookfield (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,378 of 9,122 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 7,744 Oconomowoc residents head out of town to work, 1,378 work right here, and 10,115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oconomowoc.

7,744live here, work elsewhere

1,378live and work here

10,115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oconomowoc goes to work

Oconomowoc (in town)right here

15%1,378

Milwaukee26.8 mi away

10%915

Waukesha14.1 mi away

7%605

Brookfield19.2 mi away

5%444

Pewaukee12.9 mi away

4%381

Hartland8 mi away

4%325

Wauwatosa23.3 mi away

3%311

Summit3.3 mi away

3%301

Oconomowoc4.1 mi away

3%294

Delafield5.8 mi away

2%218

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,950

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

How far

How far Oconomowoc commutes

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

33%

40%

21%

33%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oconomowoc is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oconomowoc are

11,493 jobs are based in Oconomowoc. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oconomowoc’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oconomowoc

11,493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Oconomowoc residents hold

9,122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+13%

Jobs based in Oconomowoc, 2013 → 2023: 10,135 → 11,493. 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.