Work & commute · Packwaukee

Work & commute in Packwaukee, WI

Most working residents leave Packwaukee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (14%), Montello (8%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 564 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 560 Packwaukee residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Packwaukee.

560live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Packwaukee goes to work

Portage15.1 mi away

14%79

Montello4.3 mi away

8%44

Madison46.7 mi away

5%26

Westfield9.1 mi away

4%21

Wisconsin Dells20.3 mi away

3%17

Lake Delton22.3 mi away

3%15

Milwaukee87 mi away

2%13

Moundville6.3 mi away

2%13

Westfield9.5 mi away

2%10

Fond du Lac48.3 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%316

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

How far

How far Packwaukee commutes

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

21%

31%

23%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Packwaukee is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Packwaukee are

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

Jobs based in Packwaukee

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less51%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Packwaukee residents hold

564 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

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Jobs based in Packwaukee, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 35. 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.