Work & commute · Spring Green

Work & commute in Spring Green, WI

Most working residents leave Spring Green for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (19%), Spring Green (16%) and Dodgeville (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 890 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 847 Spring Green residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 423 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Green.

847live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

423work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Green goes to work

Madison34.8 mi away

19%172

Spring Green2.3 mi away

16%146

Spring Green (in town)right here

5%43

Dodgeville16.1 mi away

4%34

Sauk City19.4 mi away

3%29

Plain6.3 mi away

3%24

Prairie du Sac19.7 mi away

3%24

Milwaukee108.2 mi away

2%19

Wyoming6.4 mi away

2%19

Baraboo26.2 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%363

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

How far

How far Spring Green commutes

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

27%

21%

32%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Green is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Green are

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

Jobs based in Spring Green

466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Spring Green residents hold

890 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+10%

Jobs based in Spring Green, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 466. 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.