Work & commute · Baraboo

Work & commute in Baraboo, WI

About one in 4 of Baraboo’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (12%), Lake Delton (7%) and West Baraboo (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,593 of 6,427 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 4,834 Baraboo residents head out of town to work, 1,593 work right here, and 5,307 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baraboo.

4,834live here, work elsewhere

1,593live and work here

5,307work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baraboo goes to work

Baraboo (in town)right here

25%1,593

Madison30.5 mi away

12%774

Lake Delton8.8 mi away

7%480

West Baraboo1.9 mi away

3%215

Reedsburg13.7 mi away

3%207

Portage14.8 mi away

3%180

Delton7.3 mi away

3%166

Wisconsin Dells11.9 mi away

2%156

Sauk City13.5 mi away

2%137

Milwaukee93.4 mi away

2%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%2,404

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.

40%

18%

23%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baraboo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Baraboo are

6,900 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

6,900 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Baraboo residents hold

6,427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Baraboo, 2013 → 2023: 7,078 → 6,900. 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.