Work & commute · Tomah

Work & commute in Tomah, WI

Most working residents leave Tomah for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Tomah (25%), Sparta (6%) and La Crosse (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 620 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 603 Tomah residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 544 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tomah.

603live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

544work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tomah goes to work

Tomah3.4 mi away

25%158

Sparta15.9 mi away

6%36

La Crosse37.3 mi away

6%35

Tomah (in town)right here

3%17

Byron8.5 mi away

3%17

Sheldon13.1 mi away

2%15

St. Paul, MN146.5 mi away

2%13

Wilton8.8 mi away

2%13

Mauston22.7 mi away

2%12

Onalaska35.6 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%294

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

How far

How far Tomah commutes

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

38%

19%

16%

27%

38%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tomah is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tomah are

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

Jobs based in Tomah

561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Tomah residents hold

620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+77%

Jobs based in Tomah, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 561. 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.