Work & commute · Fort Atkinson

Work & commute in Fort Atkinson, WI

About one in 4 of Fort Atkinson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jefferson (7%), Madison (6%) and Whitewater (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,756 of 6,213 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 4,457 Fort Atkinson residents head out of town to work, 1,756 work right here, and 5,832 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Atkinson.

4,457live here, work elsewhere

1,756live and work here

5,832work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Atkinson goes to work

Fort Atkinson (in town)right here

28%1,756

Jefferson6.6 mi away

7%406

Madison31.4 mi away

6%367

Whitewater8.1 mi away

4%270

Janesville17.8 mi away

4%227

Milwaukee46.1 mi away

4%224

Johnson Creek12.2 mi away

2%126

Watertown20.1 mi away

2%100

Lake Mills11.6 mi away

2%97

Waukesha31.5 mi away

1%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%2,548

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

How far

How far Fort Atkinson commutes

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

43%

20%

27%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Atkinson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Atkinson are

7,588 jobs are based in Fort Atkinson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Atkinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Atkinson

7,588 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Fort Atkinson residents hold

6,213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−2%

Jobs based in Fort Atkinson, 2013 → 2023: 7,778 → 7,588. 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.