Work & commute · Darlington

Work & commute in Darlington, WI

Most working residents leave Darlington for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Dodgeville (8%), Madison (6%) and Platteville (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

188 of 978 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 790 Darlington residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 857 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darlington.

790live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

857work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darlington goes to work

Darlington (in town)right here

19%188

Dodgeville20 mi away

8%81

Madison45.1 mi away

6%58

Platteville18 mi away

6%56

Monroe25.1 mi away

4%44

Mineral Point13.3 mi away

4%43

Belmont11.7 mi away

3%28

Darlington1.6 mi away

2%20

South Wayne14.5 mi away

2%19

Willow Springs5.5 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%426

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.

26%

38%

15%

21%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darlington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Darlington are

1,045 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

1,045 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Darlington residents hold

978 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Darlington, 2013 → 2023: 1,081 → 1,045. 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.