Work & commute · Blooming Grove

Work & commute in Blooming Grove, WI

Most working residents leave Blooming Grove for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (61%), Middleton (4%) and Fitchburg (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 849 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 846 Blooming Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 701 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blooming Grove.

846live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

701work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blooming Grove goes to work

Madison7 mi away

61%521

Middleton11 mi away

4%35

Fitchburg6.5 mi away

4%30

Verona11.8 mi away

3%25

Sun Prairie11 mi away

2%18

Monona1.7 mi away

2%14

McFarland1.7 mi away

1%9

Milwaukee68 mi away

1%9

Shorewood Hills7.4 mi away

1%8

Cottage Grove6.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%172

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

How far

How far Blooming Grove commutes

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

71%

14%

12%

71%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blooming Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blooming Grove are

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

Jobs based in Blooming Grove

704 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Blooming Grove residents hold

849 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+12%

Jobs based in Blooming Grove, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 704. 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.