Work & commute · Alma

Work & commute in Alma, WI

Most working residents leave Alma for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Winona (25%), La Crosse (9%) and Cochrane (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Alma residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alma.

157live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alma goes to work

Winona, MN23.5 mi away

25%39

La Crosse48.2 mi away

9%14

Cochrane10.1 mi away

5%8

Wabasha, MN10.9 mi away

4%7

Waumandee8.9 mi away

4%7

Whitehall24.1 mi away

4%6

Alma5.1 mi away

3%5

Fountain City18.8 mi away

3%4

Nelson9.1 mi away

2%3

Arcadia18.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%61

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Alma commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

38%

20%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alma is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.12 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alma are

19 jobs are based in Alma. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alma’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Alma

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Alma residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−10%

Jobs based in Alma, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 19. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.