Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Cudahy (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 12.9 in Milwaukee. For jobs and income Cudahy is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (A). About one in ten work in Cudahy itself; outside it, Milwaukee draws the most (32%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Cudahy
Cudahy and Milwaukee trade workers both ways
Milwaukee is the top workplace for Cudahy residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Cudahy come from (33% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Cudahy makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Cudahy are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cudahy residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Cudahy’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Cudahy’s grade up (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,719, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cudahy could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The towns that employ Cudahy’s residents
Where Cudahy clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Goods, not services: 50% of the jobs in Cudahy
6,915 jobs are based in Cudahy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cudahy, 2013 → 2023: 7,134 → 6,915. 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 Cudahy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cudahy on a workday afternoon
On a workday 8,119 residents head out to work, 793 work right here, and 6,122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 16,000 people are in Cudahy on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 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.
Getting to work from Cudahy takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cudahy workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,006 commuters (the 12% 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.
How many miles Cudahy commutes
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Cudahy
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,109 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 62% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 84% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.2% of Cudahy households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 5% of Cudahy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cudahy is 957th of 2,103 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 24,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
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| 955 | El Sobrante CA | 16,294 | $115K | 11.4% | 5.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 956 | Pinehurst NC | 18,670 | $110K | 4.3% | 5.2% | 24% | B+ |
| 957 | Cudahy WI | 17,655 | $67K | 11.4% | 2.4% | 9% | B+ |
| 958 | Canfield Township OH | 16,694 | $101K | 5.4% | 6.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 959 | Collingswood NJ | 14,386 | $90K | 9.5% | 5.5% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,103 | 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 Cudahy, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 38% of Cudahy’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cudahy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cudahy | – | B+ | A | 23 min | $66,719 |
| Milwaukee | 32% | C | A+ | 22 min | $54,234 |
| St. Francis | under 3% | B− | A | 22 min | $57,368 |
| South Milwaukee | under 3% | B | A− | 24 min | $73,427 |
| Oak Creek | 6% | A+ | B | 23 min | $96,555 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Milwaukee. Darker towns draw more of Cudahy’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 Cudahy: questions
What is the median household income in Cudahy?
$66,719 (±$5,921) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cudahy?
11.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cudahy?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cudahy work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (32%, 10 mi), Oak Creek (6%, 5 mi), Wauwatosa (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cudahy walkable?
Cudahy is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cudahy without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 62% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cudahy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cudahy
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.