Work & commute · Primrose

Work & commute in Primrose, WI

Most working residents leave Primrose for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (36%), Verona (9%) and Belleville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 397 Primrose residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Primrose.

397live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Primrose goes to work

Madison17.9 mi away

36%145

Verona9.2 mi away

9%36

Belleville6.4 mi away

6%24

Fitchburg13.5 mi away

4%14

Middleton16.9 mi away

3%13

Mount Horeb8.9 mi away

3%12

Monona19.9 mi away

3%12

New Glarus5.5 mi away

3%10

Shorewood Hills16.9 mi away

2%6

Monroe19.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%123

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

How far

How far Primrose commutes

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

22%

59%

12%

22%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Primrose is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Primrose are

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

Jobs based in Primrose

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Primrose residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−16%

Jobs based in Primrose, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 41. 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.