Work & commute · Lake Delton

Work & commute in Lake Delton, WI

About one in 4 of Lake Delton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Dells (13%), Madison (9%) and Baraboo (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

532 of 1,891 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,359 Lake Delton residents head out of town to work, 532 work right here, and 4,721 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Delton.

1,359live here, work elsewhere

532live and work here

4,721work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Delton goes to work

Lake Delton (in town)right here

28%532

Wisconsin Dells3.3 mi away

13%243

Madison39.1 mi away

9%171

Baraboo8.8 mi away

5%97

Reedsburg11.3 mi away

4%69

Delton1.9 mi away

3%60

Portage16.2 mi away

3%53

Milwaukee98.4 mi away

2%29

Janesville73.7 mi away

1%26

Dellona5 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%585

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

How far

How far Lake Delton commutes

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

53%

10%

17%

21%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Delton is a job hub

2.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Delton are

5,253 jobs are based in Lake Delton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Delton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Delton

5,253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Lake Delton residents hold

1,891 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+27%

Jobs based in Lake Delton, 2013 → 2023: 4,122 → 5,253. 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.