Work & commute · Dane

Work & commute in Dane, WI

Most working residents leave Dane for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (34%), Waunakee (8%) and Vienna (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 571 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 569 Dane residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dane.

569live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dane goes to work

Madison11.5 mi away

34%195

Waunakee5.4 mi away

8%45

Vienna3.5 mi away

5%29

DeForest7.8 mi away

4%25

Sun Prairie13.9 mi away

4%24

Middleton9.6 mi away

4%20

Lodi5.3 mi away

3%19

Fitchburg18.4 mi away

2%13

Milwaukee78.3 mi away

2%11

Portage21 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%181

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.

26%

54%

15%

26%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dane is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dane are

197 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

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Dane residents hold

571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−4%

Jobs based in Dane, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 197. 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.