Work & commute · La Valle

Work & commute in La Valle, WI

Most working residents leave La Valle for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Reedsburg (28%), Madison (6%) and Lake Delton (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 185 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 175 La Valle residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Valle.

175live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Valle goes to work

Reedsburg7.5 mi away

28%51

Madison49.1 mi away

6%12

La Valle (in town)right here

5%10

Lake Delton17.3 mi away

4%8

Mauston15.2 mi away

3%6

Wisconsin Dells18.1 mi away

2%4

Baraboo21.2 mi away

2%4

Middleton45.4 mi away

2%4

Appleton99.1 mi away

2%4

Menomonee Falls105 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%78

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

How far

How far La Valle commutes

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

36%

16%

11%

37%

36%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Valle is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Valle are

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

Jobs based in La Valle

124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs La Valle residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+31%

Jobs based in La Valle, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 124. 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.