Work & commute · Pewaukee

Work & commute in Pewaukee, WI

Most working residents leave Pewaukee for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (15%), Waukesha (10%) and Brookfield (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

517 of 7,127 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,610 Pewaukee residents head out of town to work, 517 work right here, and 20,578 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pewaukee.

6,610live here, work elsewhere

517live and work here

20,578work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pewaukee goes to work

Milwaukee14 mi away

15%1,099

Waukesha3.9 mi away

10%709

Brookfield6.4 mi away

8%550

Pewaukee (in town)right here

7%517

Wauwatosa10.5 mi away

6%429

Menomonee Falls8.9 mi away

4%309

Pewaukee1.6 mi away

4%279

New Berlin8.7 mi away

3%218

West Allis11.6 mi away

3%198

Madison59.8 mi away

2%154

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,665

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.

48%

38%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pewaukee is a job hub

2.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pewaukee are

21,095 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

21,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Pewaukee residents hold

7,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+8%

Jobs based in Pewaukee, 2013 → 2023: 19,607 → 21,095. 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.