Work & commute · Boscobel

Work & commute in Boscobel, WI

About one in 3 of Boscobel’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (6%), Richland Center (5%) and Muscoda (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

375 of 1,310 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 935 Boscobel residents head out of town to work, 375 work right here, and 1,422 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boscobel.

935live here, work elsewhere

375live and work here

1,422work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boscobel goes to work

Boscobel (in town)right here

29%375

Madison64.4 mi away

6%79

Richland Center20.9 mi away

5%72

Muscoda14 mi away

5%60

Fennimore11.5 mi away

5%60

Lancaster20.7 mi away

4%57

Prairie du Chien22.9 mi away

3%34

Platteville31.3 mi away

2%27

Dodgeville31.6 mi away

2%21

Boscobel1.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%511

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

How far

How far Boscobel commutes

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

31%

28%

12%

29%

31%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boscobel is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boscobel are

1,797 jobs are based in Boscobel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boscobel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boscobel

1,797 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Boscobel residents hold

1,310 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+25%

Jobs based in Boscobel, 2013 → 2023: 1,434 → 1,797. 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.