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Work & commute in Sun Prairie, WI

Most working residents leave Sun Prairie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (43%), Sun Prairie (14%) and Middleton (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
23 of 1,223 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,200 Sun Prairie residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 412 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sun Prairie.

1,200live here, work elsewhere
23live and work here
412work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sun Prairie goes to work

Cottage GroveColumbusWaunakeeDeForestMiddletonSun PrairieJanesvilleFitchburgWindsorMadisonMilwaukeeBurkeCottage GroveMedinaSun PrairieBristolMadisonSun PrairieMiddletonDeForestBristolFitchburgCottage GroveWaunakeeMilwaukeeSun Prairie
1
Madison13.2 mi away
43%523
2
Sun Prairie3.8 mi away
14%174
3
Middleton16.7 mi away
2%29
4
DeForest10.1 mi away
2%23
5
Sun Prairie (in town)right here
2%23
6
Bristol6.7 mi away
2%23
7
Fitchburg16.6 mi away
2%21
8
Cottage Grove4 mi away
2%20
9
Waunakee13.3 mi away
2%20
10
Milwaukee61.5 mi away
1%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%349

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

How far

How far Sun Prairie commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
40%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sun Prairie is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sun Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Sun Prairie

435 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities34%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Sun Prairie residents hold

1,223 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month16%
Over $3,333 a month70%
−9%

Jobs based in Sun Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 435. 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.

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