Work & commute · Marcellon

Work & commute in Marcellon, WI

Most working residents leave Marcellon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (22%), Portage (12%) and DeForest (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 516 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 512 Marcellon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marcellon.

512live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marcellon goes to work

Madison36.3 mi away

22%115

Portage8.8 mi away

12%63

DeForest26.1 mi away

4%20

Pardeeville4.8 mi away

3%17

Milwaukee77.1 mi away

2%11

Waunakee30.2 mi away

2%10

Sun Prairie29.5 mi away

2%10

Wyocena7.8 mi away

2%9

Fall River20.1 mi away

2%9

Columbus23.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%244

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

How far

How far Marcellon commutes

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

15%

21%

45%

20%

15%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marcellon is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marcellon are

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

Jobs based in Marcellon

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Marcellon residents hold

516 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+6%

Jobs based in Marcellon, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 68. 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.