Photo: Shadowe · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Menomonee Falls has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 29,034 people come in to work
Employers in Menomonee Falls report 31,552 jobs, against 17,961 working residents. The two grades for Menomonee Falls are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee trade workers both ways
Milwaukee is the top workplace for Menomonee Falls residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Menomonee Falls come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Menomonee Falls is where the jobs are
Menomonee Falls has 31,552 jobs, 1.8 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
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.
The figures behind Menomonee Falls’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Menomonee Falls is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #60 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Menomonee Falls’ grade. 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, Menomonee Falls could be anywhere from A to A+.
Where Menomonee Falls’ workforce comes from
Where Menomonee Falls clocks in
22% of workers
8% 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.
Menomonee Falls by day and by night
On a workday 15,443 residents head out to work and 2,518 work right here.
About 55,000 people are in Menomonee Falls on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Menomonee Falls makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menomonee Falls, 2013 → 2023: 30,564 → 31,552. 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 Menomonee Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Menomonee Falls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menomonee Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,485 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where in the region Menomonee Falls works
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.
For most of Menomonee Falls, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Menomonee Falls is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #162 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 19,917 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 22% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 3% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% 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). 6.7% of Menomonee Falls households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Menomonee Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 29,000 to 56,000, Menomonee Falls ranks 72nd of 1,037 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 15 | Brookfield WI | 41,448 | $130K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 12% | A+ |
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| 49 | New Berlin WI | 39,953 | $101K | 4.1% | 2.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Oak Creek WI | 38,296 | $97K | 4.9% | 1.3% | 12% | A+ |
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| 70 | Elmhurst IL | 46,111 | $150K | 3.3% | 4.3% | 11% | A |
| 71 | Princeton TX | 43,524 | $105K | 4.1% | 2.5% | 5% | A |
| 72 | Menomonee Falls WI | 41,291 | $100K | 5.2% | 1.9% | 14% | A |
| 73 | Bridgewater Township NJ | 46,455 | $173K | 4.1% | 3.7% | 11% | A |
| 74 | Olney MD | 35,797 | $171K | 4.3% | 3.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,037 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Menomonee Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 33% of Menomonee Falls’ workers
The biggest share goes to Milwaukee (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menomonee Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menomonee Falls | – | A | B− | 21 min | $100,238 |
| Lannon | under 2% | A+ | C− | 19 min | $83,889 |
| Milwaukee | 22% | C | A+ | 22 min | $54,234 |
| Lisbon | under 2% | A+ | D | 22 min | $123,720 |
| Butler | under 2% | B | A− | 21 min | $60,000 |
| Germantown | 3% | A | C+ | 23 min | $100,231 |
| Brookfield | 6% | A+ | B | 21 min | $129,548 |
| Brookfield | under 2% | A− | B | 20 min | $89,323 |
| Pewaukee | 2% | A+ | B− | 20 min | $108,350 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Menomonee Falls’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 Menomonee Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Menomonee Falls?
$100,238 (±$7,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menomonee Falls?
5.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menomonee Falls?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menomonee Falls work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (22%, 10 mi), Wauwatosa (8%, 8 mi), Brookfield (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Menomonee Falls walkable?
Menomonee Falls is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menomonee Falls without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 3% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menomonee Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menomonee Falls
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.