Work & commute · Pewaukee

Work & commute in Pewaukee, WI

Most working residents leave Pewaukee for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (15%), Waukesha (9%) and Brookfield (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

168 of 3,789 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 3,621 Pewaukee residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 6,199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pewaukee.

3,621live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

6,199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pewaukee goes to work

Milwaukee14.7 mi away

15%568

Waukesha5.4 mi away

9%334

Brookfield7.2 mi away

8%301

Pewaukee1.6 mi away

7%255

Wauwatosa11.3 mi away

6%233

Pewaukee (in town)right here

4%168

Menomonee Falls8.4 mi away

4%158

West Allis12.7 mi away

3%99

Oconomowoc12.1 mi away

3%98

New Berlin10.2 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,484

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

How far

How far Pewaukee commutes

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

46%

40%

46%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pewaukee is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pewaukee are

6,367 jobs are based in Pewaukee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pewaukee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pewaukee

6,367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Pewaukee residents hold

3,789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+17%

Jobs based in Pewaukee, 2013 → 2023: 5,436 → 6,367. 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.