Work & commute · New Glarus

Work & commute in New Glarus, WI

Most working residents leave New Glarus for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (24%), Monroe (9%) and Fitchburg (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

147 of 1,120 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 973 New Glarus residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 1,222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Glarus.

973live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

1,222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Glarus goes to work

Madison21.6 mi away

24%265

New Glarus (in town)right here

13%147

Monroe14.4 mi away

9%102

Fitchburg16 mi away

4%43

Verona13.3 mi away

4%42

Middleton21.4 mi away

3%36

Belleville6 mi away

2%27

Mount Horeb14.3 mi away

2%23

Adams9.5 mi away

2%17

New Glarus1.5 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%401

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

How far

How far New Glarus commutes

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

22%

55%

11%

13%

22%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Glarus is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Glarus are

1,369 jobs are based in New Glarus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Glarus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Glarus

1,369 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs New Glarus residents hold

1,120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+55%

Jobs based in New Glarus, 2013 → 2023: 884 → 1,369. 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.