Work & commute · Potosi

Work & commute in Potosi, WI

Most working residents leave Potosi for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Platteville (14%), Dubuque (13%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 316 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 292 Potosi residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potosi.

292live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potosi goes to work

Platteville12.5 mi away

14%45

Dubuque, IA12.9 mi away

13%42

Potosi (in town)right here

8%24

Madison70.4 mi away

6%18

Lancaster11.2 mi away

5%16

Platteville9.9 mi away

3%10

Tennyson1.1 mi away

3%9

Dodgeville35.1 mi away

2%6

Cuba City15.1 mi away

2%5

Mineral Point29.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%136

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

How far

How far Potosi commutes

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

16%

47%

30%

16%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potosi is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Potosi are

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

Jobs based in Potosi

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less51%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Potosi residents hold

316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+37%

Jobs based in Potosi, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 125. 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.