Work & commute · River Hills

Work & commute in River Hills, WI

Most working residents leave River Hills for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (33%), Wauwatosa (8%) and Mequon (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 684 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 654 River Hills residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Hills.

654live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Hills goes to work

Milwaukee7.8 mi away

33%227

Wauwatosa9.2 mi away

8%58

Mequon5 mi away

7%45

Menomonee Falls9.6 mi away

5%34

Glendale3.3 mi away

5%32

River Hills (in town)right here

4%30

Brookfield12 mi away

3%21

Madison75.8 mi away

2%16

Brown Deer2.2 mi away

2%15

West Allis12.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%194

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

How far

How far River Hills commutes

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

59%

26%

10%

59%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Hills is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in River Hills are

588 jobs are based in River Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs River Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in River Hills

588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs River Hills residents hold

684 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+17%

Jobs based in River Hills, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 588. 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.