Work & commute · Summit

Work & commute in Summit, WI

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (10%), Waukesha (10%) and Oconomowoc (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 2,245 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,176 Summit residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 3,196 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit.

2,176live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

3,196work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit goes to work

Milwaukee25.6 mi away

10%227

Waukesha12 mi away

10%221

Oconomowoc3.3 mi away

9%213

Brookfield18 mi away

6%128

Wauwatosa22.1 mi away

5%118

Pewaukee11.6 mi away

5%112

Delafield4.4 mi away

3%77

Summit (in town)right here

3%69

Hartland7.7 mi away

3%68

New Berlin18.3 mi away

3%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%944

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

How far

How far Summit commutes

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

28%

47%

18%

28%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit are

3,265 jobs are based in Summit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Summit

3,265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Summit residents hold

2,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+27%

Jobs based in Summit, 2013 → 2023: 2,577 → 3,265. 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.