Work & commute · Moscow

Work & commute in Moscow, WI

Most working residents leave Moscow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (25%), Dodgeville (11%) and Fitchburg (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

35%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 303 Moscow residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moscow.

303live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moscow goes to work

Madison28.7 mi away

25%75

Dodgeville13.6 mi away

11%33

Fitchburg25.7 mi away

5%16

Mount Horeb13.3 mi away

4%12

Verona20.5 mi away

4%12

Barneveld10.5 mi away

3%10

Blanchardville4.1 mi away

3%9

Middleton26.3 mi away

3%8

Monona31.8 mi away

2%6

Blue Mounds11.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%121

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

How far

How far Moscow commutes

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

40%

36%

14%

9%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moscow is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moscow are

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

Jobs based in Moscow

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Moscow residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+770%

Jobs based in Moscow, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 87. 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.