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Work & commute in Viola, WI

Most working residents leave Viola for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Viroqua (10%), Richland Center (7%) and Reedsburg (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
7 of 267 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 260 Viola residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Viola.

260live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
137work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Viola goes to work

CazenoviaViolaLa FargeCashtonWestbyViroquaRichland CenterReedsburgLa CrosseMadisonWestfordHenriettaForestIrontonLibertyBloomFranklinViroquaRichland CenterReedsburgFranklinMadisonForestLa CrosseLa FargeCashtonViola
1
Viroqua11.2 mi away
10%27
2
Richland Center18.7 mi away
7%19
3
Reedsburg34 mi away
6%17
4
Franklin11.1 mi away
6%15
5
Madison69 mi away
5%14
6
Forest2.5 mi away
4%12
7
Viola (in town)right here
3%7
8
La Crosse35.2 mi away
3%7
9
La Farge5.2 mi away
2%5
10
Cashton17.1 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%139

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

How far

How far Viola commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Viola is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Viola are

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

Jobs based in Viola

144 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Viola residents hold

267 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−25%

Jobs based in Viola, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 144. 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.

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