Work & commute · Mauston

Work & commute in Mauston, WI

About one in 3 of Mauston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Lisbon (7%), Tomah (4%) and Lake Delton (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

520 of 1,717 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,197 Mauston residents head out of town to work, 520 work right here, and 3,064 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mauston.

1,197live here, work elsewhere

520live and work here

3,064work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mauston goes to work

Mauston (in town)right here

30%520

New Lisbon6.6 mi away

7%122

Tomah24.7 mi away

4%70

Lake Delton20.6 mi away

3%55

Wisconsin Dells18.8 mi away

3%46

Elroy10.3 mi away

3%45

Reedsburg18.8 mi away

2%35

Madison59 mi away

2%35

Baraboo28.6 mi away

2%31

Portage35.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%739

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

How far

How far Mauston commutes

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

42%

21%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mauston is a job hub

2.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mauston are

3,584 jobs are based in Mauston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mauston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mauston

3,584 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mauston residents hold

1,717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+7%

Jobs based in Mauston, 2013 → 2023: 3,334 → 3,584. 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.