Photo: Awkwafaba · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Pewaukee trail those of 70% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Pewaukee for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (15%, 15 miles). The poverty rate is 7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. Jobs and income earn Pewaukee B+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pewaukee, in a few figures
Pewaukee is where the jobs are
Pewaukee has 6,367 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Pewaukee and Milwaukee trade workers both ways
Milwaukee is the top workplace for Pewaukee residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Pewaukee come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pewaukee draws workers from far and wide
The 6,367 jobs in Pewaukee are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 42%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Where Pewaukee’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Pewaukee’s grade up (ahead of 90% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,139, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pewaukee could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who leaves Pewaukee for work, and who comes in
On a workday 3,621 residents head out to work, 168 work right here, and 6,199 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Pewaukee on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Pewaukee’s workforce comes from
Where Pewaukee clocks in
15% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Pewaukee: what the 6,367 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pewaukee, 2013 → 2023: 5,436 → 6,367. 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 Pewaukee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Pewaukee, 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 Pewaukee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,687 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.
Miles to work from Pewaukee
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.
Few in Pewaukee walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pewaukee is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #149 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 4,490 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 4.3% of Pewaukee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pewaukee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pewaukee next to U.S. towns of 5,800 to 11,100: 1,087th of 2,956 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 16 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,085 | Fairview TX | 10,913 | $109K | 14.8% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,086 | Decatur TX | 9,029 | $73K | 8.0% | 2.5% | 21% | B+ |
| 1,087 | Pewaukee WI | 8,216 | $62K | 7.3% | 3.0% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,088 | Rib Mountain WI | 7,280 | $94K | 3.6% | 5.4% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,089 | East Nottingham Township PA | 9,235 | $130K | 7.2% | 3.8% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,956 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Pewaukee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Pewaukee: questions
What is the median household income in Pewaukee?
$62,139 (±$11,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pewaukee?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pewaukee?
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 Pewaukee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (15%, 15 mi), Waukesha (9%, 5 mi), Brookfield (8%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pewaukee walkable?
Pewaukee is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pewaukee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pewaukee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pewaukee
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.