Work & commute · Middleton

Work & commute in Middleton, WI

Most working residents leave Middleton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (51%), Verona (4%) and Fitchburg (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,624 of 11,164 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,540 Middleton residents head out of town to work, 1,624 work right here, and 18,034 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middleton.

9,540live here, work elsewhere

1,624live and work here

18,034work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middleton goes to work

Madison4.1 mi away

51%5,714

Middleton (in town)right here

15%1,624

Verona8.2 mi away

4%461

Fitchburg9.3 mi away

3%284

Shorewood Hills3.6 mi away

2%180

Milwaukee77.8 mi away

2%170

Waunakee6 mi away

2%168

Sun Prairie14.5 mi away

1%100

Monona9.5 mi away

1%95

Janesville38.4 mi away

1%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%2,292

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.

75%

12%

75%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middleton is a job hub

1.76jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middleton are

19,658 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

19,658 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Middleton residents hold

11,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+26%

Jobs based in Middleton, 2013 → 2023: 15,643 → 19,658. 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.