Work & commute · Cross Plains

Work & commute in Cross Plains, WI

Most working residents leave Cross Plains for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (39%), Middleton (13%) and Fitchburg (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

213 of 2,296 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,083 Cross Plains residents head out of town to work, 213 work right here, and 991 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cross Plains.

2,083live here, work elsewhere

213live and work here

991work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cross Plains goes to work

Madison11.1 mi away

39%898

Middleton7.1 mi away

13%309

Cross Plains (in town)right here

9%213

Fitchburg14.3 mi away

2%46

Verona10.1 mi away

2%43

Waunakee11.3 mi away

2%41

Milwaukee84.9 mi away

2%41

Monona16.4 mi away

2%40

Mount Horeb8.7 mi away

1%32

Shorewood Hills10.4 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%605

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

How far

How far Cross Plains commutes

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

42%

41%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cross Plains is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cross Plains are

1,204 jobs are based in Cross Plains. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cross Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cross Plains

1,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Cross Plains residents hold

2,296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+1%

Jobs based in Cross Plains, 2013 → 2023: 1,196 → 1,204. 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.