Work & commute · Lodi

Work & commute in Lodi, WI

Most working residents leave Lodi for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (28%), Middleton (5%) and Prairie du Sac (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

170 of 1,639 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,469 Lodi residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 1,133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lodi.

1,469live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

1,133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lodi goes to work

Madison16.8 mi away

28%467

Lodi (in town)right here

10%170

Middleton14.6 mi away

5%88

Prairie du Sac9.8 mi away

4%63

Sauk City10 mi away

3%52

West Point5.6 mi away

3%46

Waunakee10.7 mi away

3%45

Portage16.5 mi away

2%34

DeForest11.6 mi away

2%32

Sun Prairie17.9 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%610

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

How far

How far Lodi commutes

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

22%

57%

16%

22%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lodi is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lodi are

1,303 jobs are based in Lodi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lodi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lodi

1,303 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Lodi residents hold

1,639 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+16%

Jobs based in Lodi, 2013 → 2023: 1,125 → 1,303. 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.