Work & commute · Tomah

Work & commute in Tomah, WI

About one in 3 of Tomah’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (5%), Sparta (5%) and Tomah (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

1,613 of 4,192 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 2,579 Tomah residents head out of town to work, 1,613 work right here, and 5,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tomah.

2,579live here, work elsewhere

1,613live and work here

5,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tomah goes to work

Tomah (in town)right here

38%1,613

La Crosse37.7 mi away

5%230

Sparta15.9 mi away

5%226

Tomah3.4 mi away

2%74

Oakdale7.9 mi away

1%58

Madison82.1 mi away

1%57

Byron6.9 mi away

1%54

Onalaska35.6 mi away

1%52

Warrens9.7 mi away

1%51

Eau Claire75.5 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,730

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.

47%

12%

15%

26%

47%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tomah is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tomah are

6,629 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

6,629 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Tomah residents hold

4,192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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Jobs based in Tomah, 2013 → 2023: 6,822 → 6,629. 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.