Work & commute · Shorewood

Work & commute in Shorewood, WI

Most working residents leave Shorewood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (45%), Wauwatosa (7%) and Glendale (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

332 of 6,599 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,267 Shorewood residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 2,250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shorewood.

6,267live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

2,250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shorewood goes to work

Milwaukee4.5 mi away

45%2,994

Wauwatosa7.8 mi away

7%470

Shorewood (in town)right here

5%332

Glendale3.2 mi away

4%237

West Allis9.2 mi away

3%191

Brookfield11.8 mi away

3%190

Menomonee Falls12.7 mi away

2%163

Mequon10.5 mi away

2%133

Madison77.9 mi away

2%117

Whitefish Bay1.7 mi away

2%107

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%1,665

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

How far

How far Shorewood commutes

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

70%

17%

70%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shorewood is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shorewood are

2,582 jobs are based in Shorewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shorewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shorewood

2,582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Shorewood residents hold

6,599 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+5%

Jobs based in Shorewood, 2013 → 2023: 2,448 → 2,582. 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.