Work & commute · Platteville

Work & commute in Platteville, WI

About one in 3 of Platteville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dubuque (7%), Madison (6%) and Lancaster (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,355 of 4,185 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,830 Platteville residents head out of town to work, 1,355 work right here, and 3,681 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Platteville.

2,830live here, work elsewhere

1,355live and work here

3,681work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Platteville goes to work

Platteville (in town)right here

32%1,355

Dubuque, IA20 mi away

7%285

Madison58.1 mi away

6%264

Lancaster14.6 mi away

3%111

Belmont6.8 mi away

2%102

Platteville2.9 mi away

2%98

Dodgeville23.8 mi away

2%88

Mineral Point17.3 mi away

2%63

Janesville73.9 mi away

1%59

Monroe43.1 mi away

1%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,720

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.

40%

20%

35%

40%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Platteville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Platteville are

5,036 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

5,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Platteville residents hold

4,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+4%

Jobs based in Platteville, 2013 → 2023: 4,829 → 5,036. 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.