Work & commute · Somers

Work & commute in Somers, WI

Most working residents leave Somers for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Kenosha (27%), Pleasant Prairie (9%) and Racine (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

100 of 3,880 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 3,780 Somers residents head out of town to work, 100 work right here, and 2,036 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somers.

3,780live here, work elsewhere

100live and work here

2,036work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somers goes to work

Kenosha3.9 mi away

27%1,029

Pleasant Prairie8.1 mi away

9%347

Racine6.9 mi away

6%246

Milwaukee29.3 mi away

5%189

Mount Pleasant4.5 mi away

5%182

Somers (in town)right here

3%100

Chicago, IL56.7 mi away

2%72

Waukegan, IL18.9 mi away

2%65

Sturtevant3.9 mi away

2%61

Oak Creek16.3 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,534

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.

52%

16%

19%

12%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somers is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somers are

2,136 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

2,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Somers residents hold

3,880 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Somers, 2013 → 2023: 2,064 → 2,136. 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.