Work & commute · Beetown

Work & commute in Beetown, WI

Most working residents leave Beetown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (17%), Dubuque (7%) and Cassville (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 297 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 293 Beetown residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beetown.

293live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beetown goes to work

Lancaster8.2 mi away

17%51

Dubuque, IA23.2 mi away

7%20

Cassville9.5 mi away

5%14

Platteville20.8 mi away

4%13

Madison74.8 mi away

4%12

Fennimore15.8 mi away

4%11

South Lancaster6.9 mi away

3%8

Prairie du Chien21 mi away

2%7

Cassville7.5 mi away

2%7

Bloomington6.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%149

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

How far

How far Beetown commutes

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

28%

33%

10%

29%

28%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beetown 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 Beetown are

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

Jobs based in Beetown

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Beetown residents hold

297 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−43%

Jobs based in Beetown, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 36. 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.