Work & commute · Darien

Work & commute in Darien, WI

Most working residents leave Darien for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Delavan (12%), Elkhorn (7%) and Darien (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39 of 813 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 774 Darien residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 944 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darien.

774live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

944work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darien goes to work

Delavan4.8 mi away

12%99

Elkhorn10.3 mi away

7%60

Darien1.7 mi away

6%49

Darien (in town)right here

5%39

Madison49.5 mi away

5%39

Janesville16.3 mi away

5%37

Walworth7.7 mi away

4%29

Milwaukee49.6 mi away

3%28

Sharon7 mi away

2%20

Lake Geneva14.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%394

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

How far

How far Darien commutes

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

43%

25%

19%

12%

43%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darien is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Darien are

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

Jobs based in Darien

983 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Darien residents hold

813 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Darien, 2013 → 2023: 1,012 → 983. 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.