Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, WI

Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Dells (20%), Lake Delton (12%) and Madison (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 289 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 287 Newport residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

287live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Wisconsin Dells4.1 mi away

20%58

Lake Delton4 mi away

12%34

Madison38.5 mi away

9%27

Portage12.7 mi away

7%20

Baraboo9.7 mi away

4%11

Delton5.2 mi away

2%7

Middleton36 mi away

2%5

Rome41.7 mi away

2%5

Mauston22.9 mi away

1%4

Reedsburg15.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%114

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

40%

16%

21%

23%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

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

Jobs based in Newport

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Newport residents hold

289 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+152%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 58. 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.