Work & commute · Ithaca

Work & commute in Ithaca, WI

Most working residents leave Ithaca for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Richland Center (26%), Spring Green (5%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 262 Ithaca residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ithaca.

262live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ithaca goes to work

Richland Center6.6 mi away

26%68

Spring Green14.3 mi away

5%14

Madison44.8 mi away

5%13

Reedsburg18.8 mi away

4%10

Muscoda13.8 mi away

3%7

Boscobel26.3 mi away

3%7

Richland5.9 mi away

2%5

Viroqua35.4 mi away

2%4

Janesville77.1 mi away

2%4

Rockbridge8.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%128

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

How far

How far Ithaca commutes

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

33%

23%

24%

20%

33%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ithaca is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ithaca are

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

Jobs based in Ithaca

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ithaca residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−15%

Jobs based in Ithaca, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 133. 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.