Work & commute · Sumpter

Work & commute in Sumpter, WI

Most working residents leave Sumpter for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (19%), Sauk City (9%) and Prairie du Sac (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 490 Sumpter residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumpter.

490live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumpter goes to work

Madison26.3 mi away

19%92

Sauk City7 mi away

9%42

Prairie du Sac5.6 mi away

6%31

Baraboo7.4 mi away

5%26

Middleton22.8 mi away

4%18

Merrimac5.8 mi away

3%13

Lake Delton15.5 mi away

2%12

Waunakee21.5 mi away

2%11

Reedsburg15.7 mi away

2%9

Portage20.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%230

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

How far

How far Sumpter commutes

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

28%

26%

23%

28%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumpter is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumpter are

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

Jobs based in Sumpter

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Sumpter residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−51%

Jobs based in Sumpter, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 47. 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.