Work & commute · Middleton

Work & commute in Middleton, WI

Most working residents leave Middleton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (47%), Middleton (14%) and Verona (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 3,569 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,541 Middleton residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleton.

3,541live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleton goes to work

Madison7.1 mi away

47%1,689

Middleton3.8 mi away

14%485

Verona6.2 mi away

9%311

Fitchburg9.7 mi away

2%88

Milwaukee80.9 mi away

2%67

Waunakee9.6 mi away

1%52

Shorewood Hills6.2 mi away

1%47

Monona12.1 mi away

1%30

Cross Plains4.6 mi away

1%28

Middleton (in town)right here

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%744

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

How far

How far Middleton commutes

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

63%

20%

13%

63%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleton is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleton are

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

Jobs based in Middleton

733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Middleton residents hold

3,569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+17%

Jobs based in Middleton, 2013 → 2023: 629 → 733. 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.