Work & commute · Sylvester

Work & commute in Sylvester, WI

Most working residents leave Sylvester for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (27%), Madison (18%) and Brodhead (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 489 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 487 Sylvester residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvester.

487live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sylvester goes to work

Monroe5.4 mi away

27%130

Madison31.5 mi away

18%88

Brodhead8.7 mi away

6%31

Fitchburg24.7 mi away

3%14

Evansville15.8 mi away

2%12

Albany7.1 mi away

2%11

New Glarus12.8 mi away

2%8

Middleton32.3 mi away

1%7

Monroe6.7 mi away

1%6

Clarno8.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%176

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

How far

How far Sylvester commutes

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

38%

18%

30%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvester is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvester are

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

Jobs based in Sylvester

147 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sylvester residents hold

489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+48%

Jobs based in Sylvester, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 147. 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.