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Work & commute · Roxbury

Work & commute in Roxbury, WI

Most working residents leave Roxbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (30%), Middleton (7%) and Prairie du Sac (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
22 of 937 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 915 Roxbury residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roxbury.

915live here, work elsewhere
22live and work here
179work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Roxbury goes to work

Sauk CityMazomanieCross PlainsPrairie du SacMount HorebWaunakeeBarabooVeronaMiddletonMadisonMilwaukeeWest PointDaneRoxburyMazomanieCross PlainsSpringfieldBarabooBerryMadisonMiddletonPrairie du SacSauk CityWaunakeeVeronaCross PlainsMount HorebMilwaukeeRoxbury
1
Madison15.9 mi away
30%285
2
Middleton12.3 mi away
7%69
3
Prairie du Sac5.1 mi away
6%53
4
Sauk City4.2 mi away
5%50
5
Waunakee11.8 mi away
3%24
6
Roxbury (in town)right here
2%22
7
Verona18.6 mi away
2%20
8
Cross Plains9.1 mi away
2%19
9
Mount Horeb17 mi away
2%19
10
Milwaukee86.2 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%357

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

How far

How far Roxbury commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
58%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Roxbury is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roxbury are

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

Jobs based in Roxbury

201 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)62%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)31%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Roxbury residents hold

937 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−22%

Jobs based in Roxbury, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 201. 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.

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