Work & commute · Arena

Work & commute in Arena, WI

Most working residents leave Arena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (23%), Dodgeville (10%) and Middleton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 430 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 424 Arena residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arena.

424live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arena goes to work

Madison24.6 mi away

23%98

Dodgeville17.7 mi away

10%41

Middleton20.6 mi away

4%17

Fitchburg27.3 mi away

3%14

Spring Green8.2 mi away

3%13

Verona22.1 mi away

3%13

Mazomanie5.7 mi away

3%11

Prairie du Sac12.5 mi away

2%10

Spring Green10.2 mi away

2%10

Cross Plains13.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%196

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

How far

How far Arena commutes

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

13%

48%

25%

14%

13%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arena is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arena are

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

Jobs based in Arena

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Arena residents hold

430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−22%

Jobs based in Arena, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 85. 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.