Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, WI

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Kenosha (9%), Burlington (8%) and Milwaukee (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 1,751 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,629 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 568 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

1,629live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

568work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Kenosha18.7 mi away

9%166

Burlington6.4 mi away

8%135

Wheatland (in town)right here

7%122

Milwaukee36.1 mi away

5%81

Pleasant Prairie18.7 mi away

4%72

Salem Lakes6.7 mi away

4%71

Lake Geneva9.1 mi away

3%51

Racine24.1 mi away

2%42

Chicago, IL59.1 mi away

2%33

Paddock Lake7.2 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%948

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

28%

38%

22%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in Wheatland

690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

1,751 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+77%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 690. 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.