Most of Potter Lake commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
10 jobs are based in Potter Lake for 664 working residents. Hardly any stay in Potter Lake for work; outside it, Waukesha is the main destination (8%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Potter Lake
Potter Lake by day and by night
On a workday 664 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Potter Lake on a workday afternoon, 81% 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 Potter Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Potter Lake clocks in
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.
Factories, building and farms: 30% of the jobs in Potter Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potter Lake, 2014 → 2024: 15 → 10. 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 Potter Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Potter Lake: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Potter Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 377 commuters (the 15% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Potter 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.
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 Potter Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Potter Lake?
$94,750 (±$22,033) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Potter Lake?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Potter Lake?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Potter Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waukesha (8%, 14 mi), Mukwonago (8%, 3 mi), East Troy (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Potter Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potter Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potter 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.