Work & commute · Lewiston

Work & commute in Lewiston, WI

Most working residents leave Lewiston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Dells (15%), Portage (15%) and Lake Delton (13%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 626 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 612 Lewiston residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewiston.

612live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewiston goes to work

Wisconsin Dells10.8 mi away

15%97

Portage6.1 mi away

15%92

Lake Delton10.9 mi away

13%84

Madison36 mi away

11%66

Baraboo12.5 mi away

3%17

Lewiston (in town)right here

2%14

Reedsburg21.9 mi away

2%11

Delton11.7 mi away

2%10

Waunakee29.6 mi away

1%9

Menomonee Falls78.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%218

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

How far

How far Lewiston commutes

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

27%

33%

21%

19%

27%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewiston is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewiston are

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

Jobs based in Lewiston

304 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Lewiston residents hold

626 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+19%

Jobs based in Lewiston, 2013 → 2023: 255 → 304. 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.