Work & commute · Otsego

Work & commute in Otsego, WI

Most working residents leave Otsego for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (27%), Rio (7%) and Columbus (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 363 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 360 Otsego residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otsego.

360live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otsego goes to work

Madison25.1 mi away

27%99

Rio4 mi away

7%24

Columbus9.5 mi away

4%15

Portage16.8 mi away

4%14

Sun Prairie15.7 mi away

4%13

Waunakee20.1 mi away

3%12

DeForest14.5 mi away

3%12

Milwaukee66.1 mi away

2%8

Pardeeville10.6 mi away

2%6

Janesville50.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%154

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

How far

How far Otsego commutes

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

16%

44%

23%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otsego is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otsego are

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

Jobs based in Otsego

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Otsego residents hold

363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−39%

Jobs based in Otsego, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 61. 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.