Work & commute · Sturgeon Bay

Work & commute in Sturgeon Bay, WI

52% of Sturgeon Bay’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Green Bay (5%), Sevastopol (3%) and Sister Bay (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

2,368 of 4,559 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 2,191 Sturgeon Bay residents head out of town to work, 2,368 work right here, and 4,451 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturgeon Bay.

2,191live here, work elsewhere

2,368live and work here

4,451work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturgeon Bay goes to work

Sturgeon Bay (in town)right here

52%2,368

Green Bay36.8 mi away

5%239

Sevastopol12.2 mi away

3%140

Sister Bay27.8 mi away

2%72

Ashwaubenon42.5 mi away

2%72

Egg Harbor16.1 mi away

2%71

Baileys Harbor24.4 mi away

1%68

Gibraltar24.2 mi away

1%67

Milwaukee125.1 mi away

1%64

Nasewaupee5.5 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,335

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

How far

How far Sturgeon Bay commutes

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

58%

13%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturgeon Bay is balanced between jobs and homes

1.50jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturgeon Bay are

6,819 jobs are based in Sturgeon Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sturgeon Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sturgeon Bay

6,819 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sturgeon Bay residents hold

4,559 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Sturgeon Bay, 2013 → 2023: 6,625 → 6,819. 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.