Work & commute · Richland Center

Work & commute in Richland Center, WI

About one in 3 of Richland Center’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (7%), Muscoda (3%) and Spring Green (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

792 of 2,184 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 1,392 Richland Center residents head out of town to work, 792 work right here, and 2,816 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richland Center.

1,392live here, work elsewhere

792live and work here

2,816work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richland Center goes to work

Richland Center (in town)right here

36%792

Madison51.1 mi away

7%148

Muscoda10.9 mi away

3%64

Spring Green19.4 mi away

3%64

Reedsburg23.7 mi away

2%51

Richland0.8 mi away

2%51

Boscobel20.9 mi away

1%32

Platteville42.5 mi away

1%25

Middleton47 mi away

1%25

Spring Green17.1 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%910

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

How far

How far Richland Center commutes

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

42%

15%

17%

26%

42%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richland Center is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Richland Center are

3,608 jobs are based in Richland Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Richland Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Richland Center

3,608 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Richland Center residents hold

2,184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−6%

Jobs based in Richland Center, 2013 → 2023: 3,832 → 3,608. 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.