Work & commute · Platteville

Work & commute in Platteville, WI

Most working residents leave Platteville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Platteville (23%), Dubuque (12%) and Lancaster (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 558 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 551 Platteville residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 350 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platteville.

551live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

350work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Platteville goes to work

Platteville2.9 mi away

23%131

Dubuque, IA17.2 mi away

12%69

Lancaster13.9 mi away

6%35

Madison61 mi away

6%33

Tennyson8.8 mi away

3%14

Mineral Point20.2 mi away

2%13

Dodgeville26.6 mi away

2%13

Potosi9.9 mi away

2%10

Milwaukee131.4 mi away

2%9

Cuba City8.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%223

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

How far

How far Platteville commutes

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

32%

35%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Platteville is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Platteville are

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

Jobs based in Platteville

357 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Platteville residents hold

558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+24%

Jobs based in Platteville, 2013 → 2023: 288 → 357. 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.