Work & commute · Whitefish Bay

Work & commute in Whitefish Bay, WI

Most working residents leave Whitefish Bay for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Milwaukee (39%), Wauwatosa (7%) and Glendale (5%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

485 of 6,767 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,282 Whitefish Bay residents head out of town to work, 485 work right here, and 1,822 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitefish Bay.

6,282live here, work elsewhere

485live and work here

1,822work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitefish Bay goes to work

Milwaukee4.8 mi away

39%2,671

Wauwatosa7.6 mi away

7%506

Whitefish Bay (in town)right here

7%485

Glendale1.6 mi away

5%322

Brookfield11.5 mi away

3%229

Mequon8.9 mi away

3%179

Menomonee Falls11.6 mi away

2%160

West Allis9.8 mi away

2%158

Madison77.2 mi away

2%132

Brown Deer5.7 mi away

2%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,813

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

How far

How far Whitefish Bay commutes

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

69%

17%

69%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitefish Bay is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitefish Bay are

2,307 jobs are based in Whitefish Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitefish Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitefish Bay

2,307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Whitefish Bay residents hold

6,767 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+3%

Jobs based in Whitefish Bay, 2013 → 2023: 2,235 → 2,307. 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.