Work & commute · Cobb

Work & commute in Cobb, WI

Most working residents leave Cobb for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dodgeville (21%), Mineral Point (7%) and Madison (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 247 Cobb residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cobb.

247live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cobb goes to work

Dodgeville10 mi away

21%54

Mineral Point10.3 mi away

7%19

Madison46.2 mi away

7%18

Mifflin6.6 mi away

5%12

Platteville17.9 mi away

4%11

Cobb (in town)right here

3%7

Eden2.4 mi away

2%5

Livingston7 mi away

2%4

Shullsburg27.6 mi away

2%4

Fennimore16.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%116

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

How far

How far Cobb commutes

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

24%

35%

22%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cobb is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cobb are

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

Jobs based in Cobb

168 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Cobb residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+28%

Jobs based in Cobb, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 168. 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.