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Work & commute in Black Earth, WI

Most working residents leave Black Earth for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (35%), Middleton (7%) and Mazomanie (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
20 of 765 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 745 Black Earth residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Black Earth.

745live here, work elsewhere
20live and work here
276work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Black Earth goes to work

Black EarthShorewood HillsSauk CityMazomanieCross PlainsPrairie du SacBarabooVeronaMiddletonFitchburgMadisonArenaMazomanieCross PlainsBlack EarthMadisonMiddletonMazomanieCross PlainsSauk CityFitchburgBlack EarthShorewood HillsVeronaBlack Earth
1
Madison16.3 mi away
35%265
2
Middleton12.3 mi away
7%53
3
Mazomanie3.6 mi away
6%44
4
Cross Plains5.2 mi away
3%25
5
Black Earth (in town)right here
3%20
6
Sauk City9.6 mi away
2%19
7
Fitchburg19.2 mi away
2%19
8
Black Earth3 mi away
2%19
9
Shorewood Hills15.6 mi away
2%16
10
Verona14.4 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%270

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

How far

How far Black Earth commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
64%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
13%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Black Earth is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Black Earth are

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

Jobs based in Black Earth

296 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities48%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Black Earth residents hold

765 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)59%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−17%

Jobs based in Black Earth, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 296. 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.

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