Work & commute · Tennyson

Work & commute in Tennyson, WI

Most working residents leave Tennyson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Platteville (17%), Dubuque (16%) and Lancaster (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 158 Tennyson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tennyson.

158live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tennyson goes to work

Platteville11.4 mi away

17%27

Dubuque, IA13.3 mi away

16%25

Lancaster10.9 mi away

7%12

Madison69.3 mi away

6%10

Potosi1.1 mi away

4%7

Dodgeville34 mi away

3%5

Tennyson (in town)right here

2%3

Fennimore20.5 mi away

2%3

Monroe53.7 mi away

2%3

Platteville8.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%63

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

How far

How far Tennyson commutes

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

16%

48%

29%

16%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tennyson is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tennyson are

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

Jobs based in Tennyson

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Tennyson residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−21%

Jobs based in Tennyson, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 114. 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.