Work & commute · Salem Lakes

Work & commute in Salem Lakes, WI

Most working residents leave Salem Lakes for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Kenosha (11%), Pleasant Prairie (6%) and Milwaukee (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

588 of 7,249 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 6,661 Salem Lakes residents head out of town to work, 588 work right here, and 1,881 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salem Lakes.

6,661live here, work elsewhere

588live and work here

1,881work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salem Lakes goes to work

Kenosha13.4 mi away

11%764

Salem Lakes (in town)right here

8%588

Pleasant Prairie12.5 mi away

6%459

Milwaukee37.4 mi away

4%321

Antioch, IL5.3 mi away

3%196

Burlington11.8 mi away

3%182

Waukegan, IL17.7 mi away

2%166

Libertyville, IL19.9 mi away

2%153

Paddock Lake2.7 mi away

2%130

Racine20.8 mi away

2%130

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%4,160

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

How far

How far Salem Lakes commutes

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

24%

44%

20%

11%

24%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salem Lakes is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Salem Lakes are

2,469 jobs are based in Salem Lakes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salem Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salem Lakes

2,469 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Salem Lakes residents hold

7,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+45%

Jobs based in Salem Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 1,698 → 2,469. 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.