Work & commute · Pulaski

Work & commute in Pulaski, WI

Most working residents leave Pulaski for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dodgeville (18%), Madison (12%) and Muscoda (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 165 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 163 Pulaski residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pulaski.

163live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pulaski goes to work

Dodgeville17.5 mi away

18%29

Madison46.9 mi away

12%19

Muscoda4.4 mi away

10%16

Highland7.7 mi away

5%8

Spring Green14.5 mi away

4%7

Boscobel17.7 mi away

3%5

Platteville30.2 mi away

3%5

Richland Center12.6 mi away

2%4

Viroqua38.6 mi away

2%3

Middleton42.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%66

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

How far

How far Pulaski commutes

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

16%

38%

21%

24%

16%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pulaski is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pulaski are

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

Jobs based in Pulaski

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pulaski residents hold

165 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+186%

Jobs based in Pulaski, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 20. 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.