Work & commute · Plymouth

Work & commute in Plymouth, WI

About one in 4 of Plymouth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Sheboygan (14%), Kohler (5%) and Sheboygan Falls (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

933 of 3,987 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,054 Plymouth residents head out of town to work, 933 work right here, and 5,435 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plymouth.

3,054live here, work elsewhere

933live and work here

5,435work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plymouth goes to work

Plymouth (in town)right here

23%933

Sheboygan11.7 mi away

14%561

Kohler9.4 mi away

5%218

Sheboygan Falls5.3 mi away

4%160

Milwaukee47.1 mi away

4%146

Sheboygan Falls7.1 mi away

3%136

Elkhart Lake6.4 mi away

3%118

Plymouth1.7 mi away

3%112

Kiel12.2 mi away

2%89

Manitowoc28.2 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,455

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

How far

How far Plymouth commutes

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

44%

29%

14%

13%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plymouth is a job hub

1.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plymouth are

6,368 jobs are based in Plymouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plymouth

6,368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Plymouth residents hold

3,987 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+19%

Jobs based in Plymouth, 2013 → 2023: 5,341 → 6,368. 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.