Work & commute · Fitchburg

Work & commute in Fitchburg, WI

Most working residents leave Fitchburg for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (52%), Verona (8%) and Middleton (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,233 of 15,420 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 14,187 Fitchburg residents head out of town to work, 1,233 work right here, and 13,759 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fitchburg.

14,187live here, work elsewhere

1,233live and work here

13,759work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fitchburg goes to work

Madison7.1 mi away

52%7,985

Verona5.8 mi away

8%1,246

Fitchburg (in town)right here

8%1,233

Middleton9.3 mi away

5%695

Milwaukee73.9 mi away

2%270

Sun Prairie16.6 mi away

1%228

Monona6.6 mi away

1%217

Shorewood Hills6.5 mi away

1%191

Oregon4.6 mi away

1%164

Janesville29.5 mi away

1%124

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%3,067

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

How far

How far Fitchburg commutes

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

75%

13%

75%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fitchburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fitchburg are

14,992 jobs are based in Fitchburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fitchburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fitchburg

14,992 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Fitchburg residents hold

15,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+43%

Jobs based in Fitchburg, 2013 → 2023: 10,489 → 14,992. 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.