Work & commute · Cambria

Work & commute in Cambria, WI

Most working residents leave Cambria for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (7%), Randolph (6%) and Portage (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 287 Cambria residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambria.

287live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cambria goes to work

Cambria (in town)right here

8%24

Madison35.2 mi away

7%21

Randolph5.4 mi away

6%20

Portage17.8 mi away

5%16

Columbus14.7 mi away

5%14

Beaver Dam14.9 mi away

4%13

Randolph6.3 mi away

4%12

Baraboo31.8 mi away

3%8

Fond du Lac37.2 mi away

3%8

Fox Lake9.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%168

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

How far

How far Cambria commutes

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

26%

29%

28%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cambria is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambria are

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

Jobs based in Cambria

456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Cambria residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+185%

Jobs based in Cambria, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 456. 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.