Work & commute · Sauk

Work & commute in Sauk, WI

Most working residents leave Sauk for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (24%), Prairie du Sac (11%) and Middleton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

305 of 1,993 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,688 Sauk residents head out of town to work, 305 work right here, and 2,511 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sauk.

1,688live here, work elsewhere

305live and work here

2,511work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sauk goes to work

Madison19.9 mi away

24%474

Sauk City (in town)right here

15%305

Prairie du Sac1.4 mi away

11%212

Middleton16.2 mi away

5%107

Baraboo13.5 mi away

2%45

Waunakee16 mi away

2%44

Prairie du Sac3.4 mi away

2%43

Fitchburg25.2 mi away

2%35

Verona21.8 mi away

1%26

Milwaukee90.2 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%676

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

How far

How far Sauk commutes

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

30%

47%

16%

30%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sauk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sauk are

2,816 jobs are based in Sauk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sauk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sauk

2,816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Sauk residents hold

1,993 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−5%

Jobs based in Sauk, 2013 → 2023: 2,955 → 2,816. 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.