Work & commute · Sherman

Work & commute in Sherman, WI

Most working residents leave Sherman for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Random Lake (11%), Port Washington (7%) and Sheboygan (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 567 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 555 Sherman residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherman.

555live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherman goes to work

Random Lake2.6 mi away

11%62

Port Washington14.8 mi away

7%37

Sheboygan16.3 mi away

5%31

Fredonia8.2 mi away

5%27

Milwaukee36.2 mi away

4%23

Plymouth10.9 mi away

4%22

Saukville13.9 mi away

3%16

Kohler14.7 mi away

2%14

Fredonia5.1 mi away

2%14

Fond du Lac26.2 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%308

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

How far

How far Sherman commutes

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

30%

41%

16%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherman is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherman are

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

Jobs based in Sherman

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Sherman residents hold

567 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−20%

Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 180. 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.