Work & commute · Rockland

Work & commute in Rockland, WI

Most working residents leave Rockland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (32%), West Salem (10%) and Sparta (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 351 Rockland residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 232 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockland.

351live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

232work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockland goes to work

La Crosse16.4 mi away

32%115

West Salem8.5 mi away

10%35

Sparta5.6 mi away

7%25

Onalaska14.4 mi away

7%25

Holmen17.9 mi away

3%12

Onalaska17.6 mi away

3%11

Madison93.6 mi away

3%9

Bangor3.9 mi away

2%8

Winona, MN38.7 mi away

2%6

Melrose15.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%104

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

How far

How far Rockland commutes

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

22%

54%

20%

22%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockland is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockland are

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

Jobs based in Rockland

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Rockland residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+196%

Jobs based in Rockland, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 237. 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.