Work & commute · Muscoda

Work & commute in Muscoda, WI

Most working residents leave Muscoda for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Richland Center (8%), Madison (8%) and Dodgeville (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

56 of 564 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 508 Muscoda residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 814 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Muscoda.

508live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

814work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Muscoda goes to work

Muscoda (in town)right here

10%56

Richland Center10.9 mi away

8%47

Madison51 mi away

8%47

Dodgeville21.6 mi away

7%37

Fennimore17.8 mi away

4%25

Boscobel14 mi away

4%24

Lancaster27.2 mi away

4%22

Spring Green18.3 mi away

2%13

Platteville31.7 mi away

2%11

Janesville79.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%271

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

How far

How far Muscoda commutes

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

17%

31%

23%

29%

17%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Muscoda is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Muscoda are

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

Jobs based in Muscoda

870 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Muscoda residents hold

564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+8%

Jobs based in Muscoda, 2013 → 2023: 804 → 870. 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.