Work & commute · Fayette

Work & commute in Fayette, WI

Most working residents leave Fayette for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (15%), Monroe (14%) and Argyle (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 171 Fayette residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayette.

171live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayette goes to work

Madison36.8 mi away

15%25

Monroe22.4 mi away

14%24

Argyle8.9 mi away

5%8

Darlington8.5 mi away

5%8

Blanchard5.9 mi away

3%6

Fitchburg33.3 mi away

2%4

Darlington9.6 mi away

2%4

Blanchardville8.2 mi away

2%3

Dodgeville14.7 mi away

2%3

Milwaukee105.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%84

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

How far

How far Fayette commutes

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

16%

30%

35%

19%

16%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayette is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fayette are

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

Jobs based in Fayette

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Fayette residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+6%

Jobs based in Fayette, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 37. 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.