Work & commute · Monona

Work & commute in Monona, WI

Most working residents leave Monona for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (55%), Middleton (4%) and Fitchburg (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

262 of 4,241 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,979 Monona residents head out of town to work, 262 work right here, and 6,124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monona.

3,979live here, work elsewhere

262live and work here

6,124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monona goes to work

Madison5.4 mi away

55%2,351

Monona (in town)right here

6%262

Middleton9.5 mi away

4%162

Fitchburg6.6 mi away

3%137

Verona11.3 mi away

2%85

Milwaukee69 mi away

2%71

Sun Prairie10.1 mi away

2%68

Cottage Grove7 mi away

1%56

Waunakee10.3 mi away

1%45

McFarland3.4 mi away

1%41

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%963

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

How far

How far Monona commutes

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

72%

11%

12%

72%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monona is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monona are

6,386 jobs are based in Monona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monona

6,386 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Monona residents hold

4,241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−20%

Jobs based in Monona, 2013 → 2023: 7,948 → 6,386. 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.