Work & commute · Pleasant Prairie

Work & commute in Pleasant Prairie, WI

Most working residents leave Pleasant Prairie for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Kenosha (23%), Milwaukee (4%) and Racine (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,478 of 10,510 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,032 Pleasant Prairie residents head out of town to work, 1,478 work right here, and 16,799 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Prairie.

9,032live here, work elsewhere

1,478live and work here

16,799work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Prairie goes to work

Kenosha4.2 mi away

23%2,433

Pleasant Prairie (in town)right here

14%1,478

Milwaukee37.3 mi away

4%423

Racine14.2 mi away

3%356

Waukegan, IL10.9 mi away

3%333

Libertyville, IL17 mi away

3%325

Mount Pleasant12.6 mi away

2%245

North Chicago, IL14.6 mi away

2%244

Gurnee, IL11.1 mi away

2%182

Chicago, IL48.8 mi away

2%181

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%4,310

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

How far

How far Pleasant Prairie commutes

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

43%

27%

19%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Prairie is a job hub

1.74jobs 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 Pleasant Prairie are

18,277 jobs are based in Pleasant Prairie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pleasant Prairie

18,277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pleasant Prairie residents hold

10,510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+66%

Jobs based in Pleasant Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 11,004 → 18,277. 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.