Work & commute · Racine

Work & commute in Racine, WI

About one in 4 of Racine’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mount Pleasant (10%), Milwaukee (10%) and Kenosha (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

7,941 of 35,267 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27,326 Racine residents head out of town to work, 7,941 work right here, and 16,176 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Racine.

27,326live here, work elsewhere

7,941live and work here

16,176work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Racine goes to work

Racine (in town)right here

23%7,941

Mount Pleasant3.8 mi away

10%3,699

Milwaukee24.6 mi away

10%3,357

Kenosha10.1 mi away

8%2,965

Sturtevant4.8 mi away

4%1,546

Pleasant Prairie14.2 mi away

3%1,081

Oak Creek11.4 mi away

3%1,041

Caledonia5.9 mi away

3%1,009

Yorkville9.5 mi away

2%671

Wauwatosa25.9 mi away

2%589

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%11,368

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

How far

How far Racine commutes

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

48%

29%

13%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Racine is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Racine are

24,117 jobs are based in Racine. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Racine’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Racine

24,117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Racine residents hold

35,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−22%

Jobs based in Racine, 2013 → 2023: 30,753 → 24,117. 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.