Work & commute · Union Center

Work & commute in Union Center, WI

Most working residents leave Union Center for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Elroy (21%), Reedsburg (12%) and Mauston (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 87 Union Center residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Center.

87live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Center goes to work

Elroy4.1 mi away

21%19

Reedsburg16.8 mi away

12%11

Mauston12.2 mi away

9%8

Tomah24.2 mi away

6%5

Hillsboro4 mi away

4%4

Madison58.7 mi away

4%4

Union Center (in town)right here

2%2

New Lisbon14.2 mi away

2%2

Menomonie116.5 mi away

2%2

Appleton101.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%30

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

How far

How far Union Center commutes

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

30%

35%

29%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Center is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Union Center are

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

Jobs based in Union Center

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Union Center residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−64%

Jobs based in Union Center, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 25. 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.