Work & commute · Rutland

Work & commute in Rutland, WI

Most working residents leave Rutland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (43%), Fitchburg (7%) and Oregon (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 1,048 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,038 Rutland residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutland.

1,038live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutland goes to work

Madison15.4 mi away

43%449

Fitchburg9.3 mi away

7%70

Oregon5.2 mi away

7%69

Stoughton4.7 mi away

4%44

Verona14.1 mi away

3%31

Middleton18.4 mi away

3%31

Oregon6.3 mi away

2%19

Milwaukee68.6 mi away

2%18

Shorewood Hills15.2 mi away

2%16

Monona11.7 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%285

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

How far

How far Rutland commutes

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

21%

62%

13%

21%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutland is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutland are

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

Jobs based in Rutland

323 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Rutland residents hold

1,048 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+36%

Jobs based in Rutland, 2013 → 2023: 238 → 323. 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.