Work & commute · Mount Ida

Work & commute in Mount Ida, WI

Most working residents leave Mount Ida for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fennimore (22%), Lancaster (12%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 251 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 249 Mount Ida residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Ida.

249live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Ida goes to work

Fennimore3.6 mi away

22%54

Lancaster9.8 mi away

12%31

Madison65.8 mi away

6%16

Boscobel11 mi away

4%11

Dodgeville30.1 mi away

4%11

Prairie du Chien21.1 mi away

4%10

Platteville22.2 mi away

2%6

North Lancaster5.7 mi away

2%6

Dubuque, IA33.8 mi away

2%5

Cassville23.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%97

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

How far

How far Mount Ida commutes

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

35%

25%

12%

28%

35%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Ida is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Ida are

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

Jobs based in Mount Ida

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Mount Ida residents hold

251 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+89%

Jobs based in Mount Ida, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 36. 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.