Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, WI

46% of Monroe’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Madison (10%), New Glarus (2%) and Brodhead (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

2,370 of 5,187 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,817 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 2,370 work right here, and 5,820 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

2,817live here, work elsewhere

2,370live and work here

5,820work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

46%2,370

Madison35.1 mi away

10%495

New Glarus14.4 mi away

2%129

Brodhead13.3 mi away

2%83

Jordan7.2 mi away

1%69

Middleton35.4 mi away

1%66

Fitchburg28.5 mi away

1%57

Janesville32.2 mi away

1%51

Freeport, IL21.7 mi away

1%48

Verona27.3 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,772

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

51%

12%

22%

15%

51%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

8,190 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

8,190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

5,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+6%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 7,763 → 8,190. 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.