Work & commute · Verona

Work & commute in Verona, WI

About one in 5 of Verona’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Madison (41%), Middleton (6%) and Fitchburg (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,689 of 8,006 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,317 Verona residents head out of town to work, 1,689 work right here, and 15,471 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Verona.

6,317live here, work elsewhere

1,689live and work here

15,471work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Verona goes to work

Madison8.7 mi away

41%3,278

Verona (in town)right here

21%1,689

Middleton8.2 mi away

6%462

Fitchburg5.8 mi away

6%456

Milwaukee79.6 mi away

2%153

Shorewood Hills7.6 mi away

1%93

Monona11.3 mi away

1%89

Sun Prairie20.2 mi away

1%64

Mount Horeb9.8 mi away

1%60

Waunakee13.9 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%1,612

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

How far

How far Verona commutes

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

68%

15%

13%

68%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Verona is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Verona are

17,160 jobs are based in Verona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Verona

17,160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Verona residents hold

8,006 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+51%

Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 11,338 → 17,160. 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.