Work & commute · Slinger

Work & commute in Slinger, WI

Most working residents leave Slinger for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (12%), West Bend (7%) and Hartford (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

219 of 3,260 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,041 Slinger residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 2,051 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slinger.

3,041live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

2,051work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slinger goes to work

Milwaukee24.4 mi away

12%382

West Bend7.4 mi away

7%226

Slinger (in town)right here

7%219

Hartford5.1 mi away

6%201

Menomonee Falls14.5 mi away

6%191

Wauwatosa22.4 mi away

4%136

Germantown10.3 mi away

4%136

Brookfield20.4 mi away

3%90

Waukesha22.6 mi away

3%85

Richfield6.7 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,513

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

How far

How far Slinger commutes

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

33%

44%

15%

33%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slinger is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Slinger are

2,270 jobs are based in Slinger. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Slinger’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Slinger

2,270 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Slinger residents hold

3,260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+41%

Jobs based in Slinger, 2013 → 2023: 1,607 → 2,270. 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.