Work & commute · Sheboygan

Work & commute in Sheboygan, WI

About one in 3 of Sheboygan’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Kohler (8%), Plymouth (5%) and Sheboygan Falls (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

8,426 of 22,360 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 13,934 Sheboygan residents head out of town to work, 8,426 work right here, and 15,166 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheboygan.

13,934live here, work elsewhere

8,426live and work here

15,166work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheboygan goes to work

Sheboygan (in town)right here

38%8,426

Kohler2.3 mi away

8%1,703

Plymouth11.7 mi away

5%1,173

Sheboygan Falls4.7 mi away

5%1,087

Sheboygan Falls7.1 mi away

4%807

Milwaukee48.1 mi away

3%718

Sheboygan3.4 mi away

3%696

Wilson5 mi away

2%482

Oostburg8.4 mi away

2%348

Manitowoc25 mi away

1%320

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%6,600

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.

61%

12%

11%

15%

61%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheboygan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheboygan are

23,592 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

23,592 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sheboygan residents hold

22,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

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Jobs based in Sheboygan, 2013 → 2023: 24,132 → 23,592. 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.