Work & commute · New Chester

Work & commute in New Chester, WI

Most working residents leave New Chester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Dells (7%), Lake Delton (6%) and Portage (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 541 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 527 New Chester residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Chester.

527live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Chester goes to work

Wisconsin Dells16.2 mi away

7%37

Lake Delton19.4 mi away

6%35

Portage23.1 mi away

5%29

Friendship11.7 mi away

5%25

Mauston21.7 mi away

4%23

Westfield6 mi away

4%20

New Chester (in town)right here

3%14

Adams10.8 mi away

2%13

Springville8.7 mi away

2%13

Baraboo27.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%321

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

How far

How far New Chester commutes

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

11%

39%

12%

38%

11%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Chester is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Chester are

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

Jobs based in New Chester

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs New Chester residents hold

541 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−70%

Jobs based in New Chester, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 111. 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.