Work & commute · Darlington

Work & commute in Darlington, WI

Most working residents leave Darlington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Darlington (14%), Monroe (7%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 404 Darlington residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darlington.

404live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darlington goes to work

Darlington1.6 mi away

14%58

Monroe24.5 mi away

7%29

Madison45.8 mi away

6%25

Dodgeville21.6 mi away

5%21

Platteville18.7 mi away

5%21

South Wayne13.4 mi away

4%15

Mineral Point14.9 mi away

3%12

Darlington (in town)right here

3%11

Dubuque, IA32 mi away

2%8

Blanchardville16.8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%207

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

How far

How far Darlington commutes

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

22%

36%

21%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darlington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Darlington are

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

Jobs based in Darlington

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Darlington residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+138%

Jobs based in Darlington, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 366. 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.