Work & commute · Walworth

Work & commute in Walworth, WI

Most working residents leave Walworth for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Geneva (9%), Walworth (6%) and Delavan (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 697 working residents

Typical commute

19 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 683 Walworth residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walworth.

683live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walworth goes to work

Lake Geneva10.4 mi away

9%63

Walworth3.2 mi away

6%39

Delavan4.3 mi away

5%37

Madison54.1 mi away

5%35

Milwaukee47.9 mi away

4%25

Elkhorn8.6 mi away

3%24

Williams Bay4.3 mi away

3%23

Genoa City16.4 mi away

3%20

Burlington19.6 mi away

2%16

Janesville21.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%401

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

How far

How far Walworth commutes

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

31%

30%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walworth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walworth are

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

Jobs based in Walworth

599 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Walworth residents hold

697 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+28%

Jobs based in Walworth, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 599. 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.