Work & commute · Kildare

Work & commute in Kildare, WI

Most working residents leave Kildare for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mauston (13%), Reedsburg (8%) and Baraboo (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 295 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 293 Kildare residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kildare.

293live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kildare goes to work

Mauston9.6 mi away

13%38

Reedsburg14.4 mi away

8%24

Baraboo20.3 mi away

8%24

Lake Delton11.7 mi away

7%22

Wisconsin Dells9.4 mi away

5%15

Delton13 mi away

3%9

Lemonweir6.1 mi away

3%9

Lyndon Station1.9 mi away

2%6

New Lisbon15.9 mi away

2%6

Portage25.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%137

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

How far

How far Kildare commutes

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

20%

47%

26%

20%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kildare is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kildare are

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

Jobs based in Kildare

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kildare residents hold

295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−2%

Jobs based in Kildare, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 42. 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.