Photo: Loopygrumpkins · Public domainCedarburg has lower unemployment (2.1%) than 83% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Cedarburg itself; outside it, Milwaukee draws the most (19%, 16 miles). Jobs and income earn Cedarburg A; getting around on foot earns it B+. Working residents average 22 minutes each way, about the same as across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cedarburg in brief
Where Cedarburg’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedarburg is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #109 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,896, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cedarburg could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Where Cedarburg goes to work
Where Cedarburg clocks in
19% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 4,809 residents head out to work, 623 work right here, and 3,801 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Cedarburg
4,424 jobs are based in Cedarburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedarburg, 2013 → 2023: 4,086 → 4,424. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cedarburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Cedarburg, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedarburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,626 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cedarburg
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Cedarburg, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedarburg is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #86 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,730 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.0% of Cedarburg households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedarburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Cedarburg ranks 401st of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 51 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 399 | Winfield IL | 10,146 | $136K | 3.2% | 5.6% | 2% | A |
| 400 | Josephine TX | 10,208 | $91K | 5.8% | 1.8% | <1% | A |
| 401 | Cedarburg WI | 12,916 | $85K | 4.7% | 2.1% | 11% | A |
| 402 | North Codorus Township PA | 9,486 | $98K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 3% | A |
| 403 | Newington Forest VA | 12,316 | $149K | 3.1% | 5.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cedarburg, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 13% of Cedarburg
The biggest share goes to Mequon (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cedarburg’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cedarburg: questions
What is the median household income in Cedarburg?
$84,896 (±$9,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedarburg?
4.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedarburg?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedarburg work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (19%, 16 mi), Mequon (7%, 6 mi), Grafton (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedarburg walkable?
Cedarburg is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedarburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedarburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedarburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.