Work & commute · Mineral Point

Work & commute in Mineral Point, WI

About one in 5 of Mineral Point’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dodgeville (18%), Madison (11%) and Platteville (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

267 of 1,302 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,035 Mineral Point residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 1,232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mineral Point.

1,035live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

1,232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mineral Point goes to work

Mineral Point (in town)right here

21%267

Dodgeville7.6 mi away

18%237

Madison41.1 mi away

11%142

Platteville17.3 mi away

4%58

Verona33.7 mi away

2%25

Mineral Point1.9 mi away

2%24

Middleton38.1 mi away

1%19

Fitchburg39.2 mi away

1%16

Belmont11.6 mi away

1%14

Mount Horeb24.8 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%486

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

How far

How far Mineral Point commutes

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

42%

14%

26%

17%

42%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mineral Point is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mineral Point are

1,499 jobs are based in Mineral Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mineral Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mineral Point

1,499 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Mineral Point residents hold

1,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+20%

Jobs based in Mineral Point, 2013 → 2023: 1,245 → 1,499. 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.