Work & commute · Mount Horeb

Work & commute in Mount Horeb, WI

Most working residents leave Mount Horeb for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (33%), Verona (6%) and Middleton (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

598 of 3,961 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,363 Mount Horeb residents head out of town to work, 598 work right here, and 1,769 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Horeb.

3,363live here, work elsewhere

598live and work here

1,769work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Horeb goes to work

Madison16.3 mi away

33%1,320

Mount Horeb (in town)right here

15%598

Verona9.8 mi away

6%250

Middleton13.3 mi away

6%247

Fitchburg15.5 mi away

4%164

Springdale4.5 mi away

2%72

Milwaukee89.2 mi away

2%67

Blue Mounds2.6 mi away

1%52

Cross Plains8.7 mi away

1%41

Waunakee19 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,110

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

How far

How far Mount Horeb commutes

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

27%

54%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Horeb is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Horeb are

2,367 jobs are based in Mount Horeb. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Horeb’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mount Horeb

2,367 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Mount Horeb residents hold

3,961 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+46%

Jobs based in Mount Horeb, 2013 → 2023: 1,623 → 2,367. 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.