Work & commute · West Bend

Work & commute in West Bend, WI

Most working residents leave West Bend for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are West Bend (16%), Milwaukee (12%) and Menomonee Falls (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 2,190 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,124 West Bend residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 1,844 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bend.

2,124live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

1,844work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bend goes to work

West Bend3.2 mi away

16%354

Milwaukee26.3 mi away

12%265

Menomonee Falls17 mi away

6%135

Germantown12.1 mi away

5%100

Wauwatosa24.7 mi away

4%95

Hartford8.7 mi away

4%81

West Bend (in town)right here

3%66

Brookfield23.3 mi away

3%64

Jackson6 mi away

3%59

Slinger4.5 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%927

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

How far

How far West Bend commutes

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

34%

35%

22%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bend is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bend are

1,910 jobs are based in West Bend. Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in West Bend

1,910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs West Bend residents hold

2,190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+5%

Jobs based in West Bend, 2013 → 2023: 1,826 → 1,910. 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.