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Work & commute in Lima, WI

Most working residents leave Lima for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Janesville (17%), Madison (11%) and Whitewater (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
9 of 556 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 547 Lima residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lima.

547live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
136work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Lima goes to work

RoscoeRockfordMiltonFort AtkinsonDelavanWhitewaterElkhornBeloitJanesvilleMadisonDarienWhitewaterBradfordJohnstownLimaDelavanKoshkonongMiltonJanesvilleMadisonWhitewaterFort AtkinsonMiltonDelavanBeloitRockfordBradfordLima
1
Janesville11.8 mi away
17%92
2
Madison35.9 mi away
11%60
3
Whitewater6 mi away
9%52
4
Fort Atkinson8 mi away
5%30
5
Milton5.3 mi away
4%20
6
Delavan15.8 mi away
4%20
7
Beloit21 mi away
4%20
8
Rockford, IL39 mi away
2%10
9
Bradford12.3 mi away
2%9
10
Lima (in town)right here
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%234

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

How far

How far Lima commutes

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

27%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lima is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lima are

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

Jobs based in Lima

145 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities41%
Services (health, schools, offices…)31%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lima residents hold

556 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+202%

Jobs based in Lima, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 145. 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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