Work & commute · Genoa

Work & commute in Genoa, WI

Most working residents leave Genoa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (39%), Onalaska (8%) and Viroqua (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 337 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 335 Genoa residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Genoa.

335live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Genoa goes to work

La Crosse19.5 mi away

39%133

Onalaska23.8 mi away

8%26

Viroqua14.4 mi away

5%17

Stoddard8.4 mi away

4%13

De Soto8.2 mi away

2%6

Prairie du Chien34.9 mi away

1%5

Westby17.4 mi away

1%4

Eau Claire89.3 mi away

1%4

Bergen8.2 mi away

1%4

Campbell24.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%121

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

How far

How far Genoa commutes

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

63%

21%

8%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Genoa is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Genoa are

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

Jobs based in Genoa

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Genoa residents hold

337 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+1033%

Jobs based in Genoa, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 34. 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.