Work & commute · Alto

Work & commute in Alto, WI

Most working residents leave Alto for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fond du Lac (16%), Ripon (9%) and Waupun (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 550 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 524 Alto residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 765 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alto.

524live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

765work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alto goes to work

Fond du Lac20.3 mi away

16%86

Ripon11.3 mi away

9%47

Waupun5.5 mi away

7%40

Alto (in town)right here

5%26

Rosendale11.8 mi away

4%20

Oshkosh27.1 mi away

3%19

Brandon4.4 mi away

2%13

Green Lake13.2 mi away

2%10

Madison51 mi away

2%9

Markesan9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%272

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

How far

How far Alto commutes

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

20%

44%

18%

20%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alto is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alto are

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

Jobs based in Alto

791 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)93%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Alto residents hold

550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+30%

Jobs based in Alto, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 791. 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.