Work & commute · Sullivan

Work & commute in Sullivan, WI

Most working residents leave Sullivan for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waukesha (8%), Oconomowoc (7%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 314 Sullivan residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sullivan.

314live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sullivan goes to work

Waukesha17.7 mi away

8%25

Oconomowoc7.9 mi away

7%24

Madison42.5 mi away

5%16

Pewaukee18.1 mi away

5%15

Watertown14 mi away

4%14

Brookfield24.4 mi away

4%13

Milwaukee31.9 mi away

3%10

West Allis28.6 mi away

3%9

Sullivan (in town)right here

2%8

Johnson Creek10 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%180

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

How far

How far Sullivan commutes

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

18%

41%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sullivan is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sullivan are

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

Jobs based in Sullivan

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sullivan residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+33%

Jobs based in Sullivan, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 264. 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.