Work & commute · Clayton

Work & commute in Clayton, WI

Most working residents leave Clayton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Viroqua (9%), Gays Mills (8%) and Soldiers Grove (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 389 Clayton residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clayton.

389live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clayton goes to work

Viroqua15.6 mi away

9%38

Clayton (in town)right here

9%38

Gays Mills5.4 mi away

8%34

Soldiers Grove2.6 mi away

4%15

La Crosse40.1 mi away

4%15

Boscobel14.8 mi away

3%13

Richland Center18.3 mi away

3%13

Prairie du Chien29.4 mi away

2%9

Franklin11.1 mi away

2%9

Madison68.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%235

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

How far

How far Clayton commutes

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

27%

25%

21%

27%

27%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clayton 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 Clayton are

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

Jobs based in Clayton

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Clayton residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+15%

Jobs based in Clayton, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 159. 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.