Work & commute · Stoughton

Work & commute in Stoughton, WI

Most working residents leave Stoughton for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (40%), Fitchburg (4%) and Middleton (3%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

950 of 6,722 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,772 Stoughton residents head out of town to work, 950 work right here, and 4,157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stoughton.

5,772live here, work elsewhere

950live and work here

4,157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stoughton goes to work

Madison15.4 mi away

40%2,676

Stoughton (in town)right here

14%950

Fitchburg11.1 mi away

4%294

Middleton19.1 mi away

3%169

Verona16.7 mi away

2%143

Milwaukee64.2 mi away

2%119

Oregon8.4 mi away

2%117

Monona10.6 mi away

2%114

McFarland7.4 mi away

2%107

Sun Prairie17.9 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,934

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

How far

How far Stoughton commutes

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

23%

59%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stoughton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stoughton are

5,107 jobs are based in Stoughton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stoughton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stoughton

5,107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Stoughton residents hold

6,722 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Stoughton, 2013 → 2023: 5,104 → 5,107. 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.