Work & commute · Port Washington

Work & commute in Port Washington, WI

Most working residents leave Port Washington for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (16%), Grafton (6%) and Mequon (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,031 of 6,212 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 5,181 Port Washington residents head out of town to work, 1,031 work right here, and 3,607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Washington.

5,181live here, work elsewhere

1,031live and work here

3,607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Washington goes to work

Port Washington (in town)right here

17%1,031

Milwaukee22.6 mi away

16%979

Grafton5.2 mi away

6%370

Mequon13.7 mi away

5%320

Saukville3 mi away

3%197

West Bend15.1 mi away

3%189

Cedarburg7.9 mi away

3%181

Wauwatosa23.5 mi away

3%179

Menomonee Falls19.6 mi away

3%165

Glendale18 mi away

3%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%2,445

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

How far

How far Port Washington commutes

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

35%

37%

18%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Washington is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.75 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Washington are

4,638 jobs are based in Port Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Washington

4,638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Port Washington residents hold

6,212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+2%

Jobs based in Port Washington, 2013 → 2023: 4,537 → 4,638. 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.