Work & commute · Dodgeville

Work & commute in Dodgeville, WI

About one in 3 of Dodgeville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (15%), Mineral Point (4%) and Dodgeville (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

749 of 2,412 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,663 Dodgeville residents head out of town to work, 749 work right here, and 4,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dodgeville.

1,663live here, work elsewhere

749live and work here

4,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dodgeville goes to work

Dodgeville (in town)right here

31%749

Madison36.3 mi away

15%353

Mineral Point7.6 mi away

4%107

Dodgeville3 mi away

3%65

Fitchburg35.6 mi away

2%53

Verona29.9 mi away

2%51

Mount Horeb20.3 mi away

2%44

Platteville23.8 mi away

2%41

Spring Green14.9 mi away

1%36

Middleton33 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%881

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

How far

How far Dodgeville commutes

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

40%

12%

33%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dodgeville is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dodgeville are

4,865 jobs are based in Dodgeville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dodgeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dodgeville

4,865 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Dodgeville residents hold

2,412 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−8%

Jobs based in Dodgeville, 2013 → 2023: 5,281 → 4,865. 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.