Work & commute · Utica

Work & commute in Utica, WI

Most working residents leave Utica for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Viroqua (12%), Gays Mills (8%) and Soldiers Grove (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Utica residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Utica.

255live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Utica goes to work

Viroqua13.4 mi away

12%32

Gays Mills4 mi away

8%21

Soldiers Grove6.9 mi away

5%13

La Crosse35.4 mi away

5%12

Clayton8.1 mi away

5%12

Prairie du Chien25.2 mi away

4%11

Richland Center26.4 mi away

3%9

Boscobel18.3 mi away

3%8

Onalaska39.1 mi away

3%7

Utica (in town)right here

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%130

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

How far

How far Utica commutes

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

25%

27%

22%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Utica is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Utica are

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

Jobs based in Utica

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Utica residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+79%

Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 61. 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.