Work & commute · Oostburg

Work & commute in Oostburg, WI

Most working residents leave Oostburg for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Sheboygan (19%), Plymouth (4%) and Sheboygan Falls (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

254 of 1,453 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,199 Oostburg residents head out of town to work, 254 work right here, and 1,266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oostburg.

1,199live here, work elsewhere

254live and work here

1,266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oostburg goes to work

Sheboygan8.4 mi away

19%271

Oostburg (in town)right here

17%254

Plymouth12.2 mi away

4%64

Sheboygan Falls7.5 mi away

4%62

Kohler8 mi away

3%50

Wilson3.4 mi away

3%43

Cedar Grove4.2 mi away

3%41

Milwaukee39.8 mi away

3%39

Holland4 mi away

2%36

Port Washington17.2 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%559

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

How far

How far Oostburg commutes

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

50%

24%

13%

12%

50%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oostburg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oostburg are

1,520 jobs are based in Oostburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oostburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oostburg

1,520 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Oostburg residents hold

1,453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+116%

Jobs based in Oostburg, 2013 → 2023: 703 → 1,520. 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.