Work & commute · Fountain Prairie

Work & commute in Fountain Prairie, WI

Most working residents leave Fountain Prairie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (21%), Fall River (9%) and Columbus (9%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 494 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 490 Fountain Prairie residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fountain Prairie.

490live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fountain Prairie goes to work

Madison29.6 mi away

21%105

Fall River2.2 mi away

9%46

Columbus5.7 mi away

9%42

Sun Prairie18.6 mi away

6%32

DeForest19.5 mi away

3%15

Columbus6.4 mi away

3%14

Beaver Dam12.1 mi away

3%13

Waunakee25.4 mi away

2%11

Fitchburg35.2 mi away

2%8

Milwaukee60 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%201

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

How far

How far Fountain Prairie commutes

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

24%

33%

29%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fountain Prairie 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 Fountain Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Fountain Prairie

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Fountain Prairie residents hold

494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+67%

Jobs based in Fountain Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 107. 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.