Work & commute · Pacific

Work & commute in Pacific, WI

Most working residents leave Pacific for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (20%), Portage (17%) and Baraboo (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 1,331 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,313 Pacific residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pacific.

1,313live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pacific goes to work

Madison29.4 mi away

20%270

Portage4 mi away

17%231

Baraboo17 mi away

3%40

DeForest19.8 mi away

3%34

Middleton28.5 mi away

2%25

Poynette8.2 mi away

2%24

Sun Prairie24.3 mi away

2%23

Milwaukee78.7 mi away

2%21

Caledonia7.7 mi away

2%21

Pardeeville5.4 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%623

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

How far

How far Pacific commutes

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

25%

21%

34%

21%

25%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pacific is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pacific are

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

Jobs based in Pacific

353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Pacific residents hold

1,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−58%

Jobs based in Pacific, 2013 → 2023: 846 → 353. 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.