Lake Lorraine has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 9 jobs in Lake Lorraine, and 155 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Lake Lorraine itself; outside it, Whitewater draws the most (7%, 7 miles). Working residents average 27 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Lorraine by day and by night
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Lake Lorraine on a workday afternoon, 51% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Lake Lorraine work
Where Lake Lorraine clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Lake Lorraine
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Lorraine, 2014 → 2024: 11 → 9. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Lorraine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lake Lorraine: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Lorraine workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 162 commuters (the 11% 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.
Lake Lorraine’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Lake Lorraine: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Lorraine?
$68,500 (±$22,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Lorraine?
14.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Lorraine?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Lorraine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitewater (7%, 7 mi), Waukesha (6%, 32 mi), Madison (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lake Lorraine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Lorraine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Lorraine
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.