Work & commute · Merrimac

Work & commute in Merrimac, WI

Most working residents leave Merrimac for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (20%), Sauk City (10%) and Prairie du Sac (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 264 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 264 Merrimac residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merrimac.

264live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merrimac goes to work

Madison22.2 mi away

20%54

Sauk City8.8 mi away

10%26

Prairie du Sac7.8 mi away

8%21

Baraboo8.5 mi away

7%19

Merrimac2.4 mi away

4%10

Lake Delton16.9 mi away

3%9

Middleton19.5 mi away

3%8

Portage14.4 mi away

3%7

Waunakee16.4 mi away

2%6

Janesville56.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%98

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

How far

How far Merrimac commutes

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

32%

43%

12%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merrimac is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Merrimac are

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

Jobs based in Merrimac

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Merrimac residents hold

264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−11%

Jobs based in Merrimac, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 42. 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.