Most of Waubeka commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Waubeka has 69 jobs, against 330 working residents. Hardly any stay in Waubeka for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (14%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Waubeka at work: what stands out
Waubeka is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Waubeka, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Waubeka has about 310 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Waubeka’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Waubeka is Milwaukee, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Waubeka workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Waubeka, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Waubeka on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Waubeka commutes less than 20 miles
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.
The daily trip from Waubeka: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waubeka workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 310 commuters (the 3% 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 Waubeka’s working residents head each day
Where Waubeka clocks in
14% 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.
Waubeka makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waubeka, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 69. 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 Waubeka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Waubeka: questions
What is the median household income in Waubeka?
$75,859 (±$15,656) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waubeka?
9.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waubeka?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waubeka work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (14%, 28 mi), Port Washington (8%, 8 mi), Grafton (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waubeka 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 Waubeka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waubeka
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.