Work & commute · Baraboo

Work & commute in Baraboo, WI

Most working residents leave Baraboo for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Baraboo (19%), Madison (15%) and Lake Delton (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 949 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 940 Baraboo residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baraboo.

940live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baraboo goes to work

Baraboo2.5 mi away

19%179

Madison30.7 mi away

15%141

Lake Delton9.7 mi away

6%58

Sauk City12.5 mi away

4%39

Prairie du Sac11.1 mi away

4%38

Portage17.2 mi away

3%27

Reedsburg12.2 mi away

3%26

Wisconsin Dells13 mi away

3%25

West Baraboo2 mi away

2%21

Milwaukee95.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%375

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

How far

How far Baraboo commutes

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

33%

22%

25%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baraboo is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baraboo are

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

Jobs based in Baraboo

279 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Baraboo residents hold

949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−34%

Jobs based in Baraboo, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 279. 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.