Work & commute · Exeter

Work & commute in Exeter, WI

Most working residents leave Exeter for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (31%), Verona (6%) and Fitchburg (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 1,073 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,065 Exeter residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exeter.

1,065live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exeter goes to work

Madison20.2 mi away

31%335

Verona12.7 mi away

6%63

Fitchburg13.7 mi away

5%59

New Glarus4.4 mi away

5%49

Middleton20.8 mi away

4%44

Monroe14.9 mi away

4%43

Belleville3.8 mi away

4%42

Oregon11.4 mi away

2%26

Monticello4.9 mi away

2%25

Shorewood Hills19.4 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%371

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

How far

How far Exeter commutes

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

17%

63%

12%

17%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exeter is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Exeter are

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

Jobs based in Exeter

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Exeter residents hold

1,073 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+87%

Jobs based in Exeter, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 116. 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.