Work & commute · West Bend

Work & commute in West Bend, WI

About one in 5 of West Bend’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (10%), Menomonee Falls (5%) and Germantown (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

3,496 of 16,289 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,793 West Bend residents head out of town to work, 3,496 work right here, and 11,029 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bend.

12,793live here, work elsewhere

3,496live and work here

11,029work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bend goes to work

West Bend (in town)right here

21%3,496

Milwaukee26.8 mi away

10%1,627

Menomonee Falls18.1 mi away

5%811

Germantown13 mi away

4%723

Wauwatosa25.6 mi away

4%590

Jackson6.8 mi away

3%422

West Bend3.2 mi away

2%402

Hartford11.8 mi away

2%364

Brookfield24.6 mi away

2%347

Grafton13.5 mi away

2%296

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%7,211

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%

33%

24%

34%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bend is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bend are

14,525 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

14,525 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs West Bend residents hold

16,289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+11%

Jobs based in West Bend, 2013 → 2023: 13,102 → 14,525. 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.