Work & commute · Sheboygan

Work & commute in Sheboygan, WI

Most working residents leave Sheboygan for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Sheboygan (34%), Kohler (12%) and Sheboygan Falls (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

152 of 3,801 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,649 Sheboygan residents head out of town to work, 152 work right here, and 2,181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheboygan.

3,649live here, work elsewhere

152live and work here

2,181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheboygan goes to work

Sheboygan3.4 mi away

34%1,283

Kohler2.8 mi away

12%441

Sheboygan Falls4.5 mi away

4%167

Plymouth10.2 mi away

4%155

Sheboygan (in town)right here

4%152

Sheboygan Falls4.9 mi away

3%126

Milwaukee50.5 mi away

3%118

Wilson7.6 mi away

2%94

Oostburg10.8 mi away

1%54

Fond du Lac33.6 mi away

1%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,160

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

How far

How far Sheboygan commutes

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

64%

12%

16%

64%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheboygan is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheboygan are

2,333 jobs are based in Sheboygan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sheboygan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sheboygan

2,333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Sheboygan residents hold

3,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+6%

Jobs based in Sheboygan, 2013 → 2023: 2,208 → 2,333. 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.