Work & commute · Sussex

Work & commute in Sussex, WI

Most working residents leave Sussex for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (15%), Menomonee Falls (8%) and Brookfield (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

342 of 5,701 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,359 Sussex residents head out of town to work, 342 work right here, and 6,674 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sussex.

5,359live here, work elsewhere

342live and work here

6,674work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sussex goes to work

Milwaukee14 mi away

15%848

Menomonee Falls5.5 mi away

8%455

Brookfield7.3 mi away

7%404

Wauwatosa10.8 mi away

7%372

Waukesha8.7 mi away

6%354

Sussex (in town)right here

6%342

Pewaukee4.8 mi away

5%276

West Allis13.3 mi away

3%175

Germantown8.6 mi away

3%156

Lisbon2 mi away

3%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,174

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

How far

How far Sussex commutes

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

47%

40%

47%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sussex is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sussex are

7,016 jobs are based in Sussex. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sussex’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sussex

7,016 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Sussex residents hold

5,701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+27%

Jobs based in Sussex, 2013 → 2023: 5,526 → 7,016. 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.