Work & commute · Dane

Work & commute in Dane, WI

Most working residents leave Dane for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (39%), Waunakee (7%) and DeForest (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 492 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 488 Dane residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dane.

488live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dane goes to work

Madison12.2 mi away

39%192

Waunakee7 mi away

7%35

DeForest10.4 mi away

5%27

Middleton9.5 mi away

4%21

Vienna6.2 mi away

4%20

Sun Prairie16.3 mi away

3%14

Lodi5.3 mi away

2%11

Fitchburg18.7 mi away

2%10

Verona17.2 mi away

2%9

Portage21.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%147

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

How far

How far Dane commutes

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

22%

60%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dane is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dane are

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

Jobs based in Dane

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Dane residents hold

492 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+22%

Jobs based in Dane, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 116. 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.