Work & commute · South Lancaster

Work & commute in South Lancaster, WI

Most working residents leave South Lancaster for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (15%), Platteville (14%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 393 South Lancaster residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Lancaster.

393live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Lancaster goes to work

Lancaster2.7 mi away

15%61

Platteville14.2 mi away

14%56

Madison68.2 mi away

6%24

Dodgeville31.9 mi away

5%19

Fennimore12.6 mi away

4%18

Mineral Point27.7 mi away

3%11

South Lancaster (in town)right here

3%11

Dubuque, IA21.6 mi away

2%9

Boscobel23.2 mi away

2%9

Belmont20.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%179

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

How far

How far South Lancaster commutes

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

22%

35%

12%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Lancaster is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Lancaster are

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

Jobs based in South Lancaster

228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs South Lancaster residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+8%

Jobs based in South Lancaster, 2013 → 2023: 212 → 228. 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.