Work & commute · Somers

Work & commute in Somers, WI

Most working residents leave Somers for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Kenosha (30%), Pleasant Prairie (12%) and Racine (8%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 466 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 464 Somers residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 2,997 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somers.

464live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

2,997work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somers goes to work

Kenosha1.2 mi away

30%140

Pleasant Prairie5.2 mi away

12%54

Racine9.4 mi away

8%35

Mount Pleasant7.4 mi away

4%17

Chicago, IL53.9 mi away

3%15

Milwaukee32.1 mi away

3%15

Waukegan, IL16.1 mi away

2%9

Wauwatosa32.6 mi away

2%8

Libertyville, IL22.2 mi away

2%7

Sturtevant6.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%160

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

How far

How far Somers commutes

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

54%

16%

14%

54%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somers is a job hub

6.44jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Somers are

2,999 jobs are based in Somers. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Somers’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Somers

2,999 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities95%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Somers residents hold

466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+2089%

Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 2,999. 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.