Work & commute · Madge

Work & commute in Madge, WI

Most working residents leave Madge for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Spooner (21%), Rice Lake (14%) and Shell Lake (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 202 Madge residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madge.

202live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madge goes to work

Spooner7.7 mi away

21%44

Rice Lake19.4 mi away

14%28

Shell Lake8.1 mi away

4%9

Hayward20.9 mi away

2%5

Rhinelander112.4 mi away

2%5

Hayward22.7 mi away

2%5

Eau Claire66.6 mi away

2%4

La Follette23.8 mi away

2%4

Long Lake5.4 mi away

2%4

Siren30.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%94

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

How far

How far Madge commutes

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

25%

34%

10%

31%

25%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madge is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madge are

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

Jobs based in Madge

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Madge residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+0%

Jobs based in Madge, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 29. 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.