Work & commute · Evansville

Work & commute in Evansville, WI

Most working residents leave Evansville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (14%), Janesville (11%) and Stoughton (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

403 of 2,108 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,705 Evansville residents head out of town to work, 403 work right here, and 1,374 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evansville.

1,705live here, work elsewhere

403live and work here

1,374work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evansville goes to work

Evansville (in town)right here

19%403

Madison22.5 mi away

14%298

Janesville15.7 mi away

11%234

Stoughton10.7 mi away

4%81

Oregon11.2 mi away

3%63

Rockford, IL37.7 mi away

2%37

Fitchburg15.8 mi away

2%36

Milwaukee70 mi away

2%36

Beloit22.5 mi away

2%33

Belleville13.6 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%861

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

How far

How far Evansville commutes

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

24%

46%

11%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evansville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Evansville are

1,777 jobs are based in Evansville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Evansville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Evansville

1,777 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Evansville residents hold

2,108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+18%

Jobs based in Evansville, 2013 → 2023: 1,511 → 1,777. 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.