Work & commute · Maple Bluff

Work & commute in Maple Bluff, WI

Most working residents leave Maple Bluff for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (60%), Middleton (4%) and Fitchburg (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 676 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 663 Maple Bluff residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maple Bluff.

663live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maple Bluff goes to work

Madison3.6 mi away

60%403

Middleton6.9 mi away

4%25

Fitchburg9.5 mi away

3%21

Shorewood Hills4.7 mi away

3%17

Maple Bluff (in town)right here

2%13

Monona4.8 mi away

2%13

Sun Prairie8.1 mi away

2%11

Waunakee5.6 mi away

1%9

Janesville35 mi away

1%9

Verona12.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%149

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

How far

How far Maple Bluff commutes

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

76%

13%

76%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maple Bluff is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maple Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Maple Bluff

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Maple Bluff residents hold

676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−8%

Jobs based in Maple Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 198. 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.