Work & commute · Williams Bay

Work & commute in Williams Bay, WI

Most working residents leave Williams Bay for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lake Geneva (7%), Delavan (6%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 1,312 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,188 Williams Bay residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 725 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williams Bay.

1,188live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

725work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williams Bay goes to work

Williams Bay (in town)right here

9%124

Lake Geneva6.1 mi away

7%95

Delavan5.6 mi away

6%74

Madison57 mi away

5%69

Elkhorn6.4 mi away

5%67

Walworth4.1 mi away

4%51

Milwaukee44.5 mi away

4%49

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake2.7 mi away

4%47

Geneva4.5 mi away

3%36

Burlington15.4 mi away

3%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%666

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

How far

How far Williams Bay commutes

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

44%

15%

23%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williams Bay is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williams Bay are

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

Jobs based in Williams Bay

849 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Williams Bay residents hold

1,312 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+20%

Jobs based in Williams Bay, 2013 → 2023: 707 → 849. 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.