Work & commute · New Lisbon

Work & commute in New Lisbon, WI

Most working residents leave New Lisbon for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Mauston (22%), Tomah (5%) and Madison (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

117 of 823 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 706 New Lisbon residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 1,380 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Lisbon.

706live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

1,380work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Lisbon goes to work

Mauston6.6 mi away

22%180

New Lisbon (in town)right here

14%117

Tomah18.6 mi away

5%42

Madison65.6 mi away

3%21

Reedsburg24.9 mi away

2%18

Lake Delton27.2 mi away

2%18

Milwaukee123.6 mi away

2%14

Lemonweir9.9 mi away

2%13

Elroy10.7 mi away

1%11

Wisconsin Dells25.3 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%378

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

How far

How far New Lisbon commutes

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

41%

14%

12%

33%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Lisbon is a job hub

1.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Lisbon are

1,497 jobs are based in New Lisbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Lisbon

1,497 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs New Lisbon residents hold

823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in New Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 1,328 → 1,497. 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.