Photo: Awkwafaba · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Okauchee Lake commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 21 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. 577 jobs are based in Okauchee Lake, and 2,160 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Okauchee Lake for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (12%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Okauchee Lake
Okauchee Lake is a place people come home to
There are 577 jobs based in Okauchee Lake, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Okauchee Lake has about 3,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Okauchee Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Okauchee Lake is Milwaukee, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (252) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Okauchee Lake has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Okauchee Lake went from 400 in 2014 to 577 in 2024, +44%. The jobs ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Okauchee Lake
70% of Okauchee Lake residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 51% of the jobs based in Okauchee Lake pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who works in Okauchee Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,108 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Okauchee Lake on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Okauchee Lake
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.
Jobs in Okauchee Lake: what the 577 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Okauchee Lake, 2014 → 2024: 400 → 577. 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 Okauchee Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Okauchee Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Okauchee Lake clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
From Okauchee Lake, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Okauchee Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,066 commuters (the 18% 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.
Around Okauchee Lake: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Oconomowoc (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Okauchee Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okauchee Lake | – | — | — | 21 min | $131,170 |
| Oconomowoc Lake | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Oconomowoc | 7% | A | B | 25 min | $106,425 |
| Merton | under 3% | A+ | C | 24 min | $119,297 |
| Delafield | under 3% | A | B− | 25 min | $94,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oconomowoc Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Okauchee Lake’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 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 Okauchee Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Okauchee Lake?
$131,170 (±$13,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Okauchee Lake?
2.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Okauchee Lake?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Okauchee Lake work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (12%, 24 mi), Waukesha (7%, 13 mi), Oconomowoc (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Okauchee Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Okauchee Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Okauchee Lake
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.