Work & commute · Brigham

Work & commute in Brigham, WI

Most working residents leave Brigham for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (25%), Dodgeville (8%) and Barneveld (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 528 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 527 Brigham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brigham.

527live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brigham goes to work

Madison25.5 mi away

25%130

Dodgeville11 mi away

8%44

Barneveld2.1 mi away

4%22

Blanchardville12.3 mi away

4%21

Mount Horeb9.3 mi away

4%19

Fitchburg24.7 mi away

3%16

Verona18.9 mi away

3%15

Middleton22.3 mi away

2%11

Mazomanie14.3 mi away

2%9

Moscow8.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%233

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

How far

How far Brigham commutes

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

16%

43%

26%

15%

16%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brigham is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brigham are

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

Jobs based in Brigham

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Brigham residents hold

528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+72%

Jobs based in Brigham, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 194. 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.