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Work & commute · La Farge

Work & commute in La Farge, WI

Most working residents leave La Farge for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Viroqua (8%), Cashton (7%) and La Crosse (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
7 of 211 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 204 La Farge residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Farge.

204live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
130work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Farge goes to work

ViolaLa FargeOntarioCashtonWestbyViroquaTomahSpartaLa CrosseSheldonWestfordWhitestownWebsterClintonStarkViroquaCashtonLa CrosseStarkSpartaSheldonWhitestownWestbyTomahLa Farge
1
Viroqua12.5 mi away
8%16
2
Cashton13.5 mi away
7%15
3
La Crosse33.9 mi away
7%15
4
Stark1.6 mi away
6%13
5
Sparta26.4 mi away
4%8
6
La Farge (in town)right here
3%7
7
Sheldon13.5 mi away
3%7
8
Whitestown7.6 mi away
3%7
9
Westby12.1 mi away
3%6
10
Tomah29.1 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%112

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

How far

How far La Farge commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Farge is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Farge are

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

Jobs based in La Farge

137 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs La Farge residents hold

211 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−48%

Jobs based in La Farge, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 137. 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.

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