Work & commute · Poynette

Work & commute in Poynette, WI

Most working residents leave Poynette for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (30%), DeForest (4%) and Portage (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,326 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,213 Poynette residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 670 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poynette.

1,213live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

670work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poynette goes to work

Madison21.1 mi away

30%398

Poynette (in town)right here

9%113

DeForest11.7 mi away

4%59

Portage11.2 mi away

4%55

Sun Prairie16.8 mi away

4%53

Middleton20.4 mi away

3%37

Waunakee14.8 mi away

3%36

Dekorra2.8 mi away

2%32

Fitchburg28.2 mi away

2%27

Lodi8.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%495

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

How far

How far Poynette commutes

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

17%

58%

16%

17%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poynette is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poynette are

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

Jobs based in Poynette

783 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Poynette residents hold

1,326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+34%

Jobs based in Poynette, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 783. 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.