Work & commute · Mount Sterling

Work & commute in Mount Sterling, WI

Most working residents leave Mount Sterling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Prairie du Chien (16%), La Crosse (8%) and Seneca (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 79 Mount Sterling residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Sterling.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Sterling goes to work

Prairie du Chien21.6 mi away

16%13

La Crosse38.1 mi away

8%6

Seneca4.7 mi away

8%6

Westby23.5 mi away

4%3

Viroqua17 mi away

4%3

De Soto15.5 mi away

3%2

Boscobel16.2 mi away

3%2

Richland Center27.5 mi away

3%2

Madison77.1 mi away

3%2

Bridgeport22.1 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%39

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

How far

How far Mount Sterling commutes

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

16%

36%

22%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Sterling is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Sterling are

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

Jobs based in Mount Sterling

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month86%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Mount Sterling residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−42%

Jobs based in Mount Sterling, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 7. 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.