Work & commute · Lone Rock

Work & commute in Lone Rock, WI

Most working residents leave Lone Rock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Richland Center (19%), Spring Green (8%) and Madison (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 408 Lone Rock residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lone Rock.

408live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

77work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lone Rock goes to work

Richland Center14 mi away

19%78

Spring Green6.7 mi away

8%34

Madison39.5 mi away

8%33

Muscoda11.6 mi away

5%21

Prairie du Sac24.6 mi away

2%10

Richland13.4 mi away

2%9

Buena Vista4.3 mi away

2%9

Spring Green5 mi away

2%8

Sauk City24.4 mi away

1%6

Fennimore26.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%199

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

How far

How far Lone Rock commutes

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

16%

41%

25%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lone Rock is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lone Rock are

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

Jobs based in Lone Rock

82 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Lone Rock residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+14%

Jobs based in Lone Rock, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 82. 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.