Work & commute · Viroqua

Work & commute in Viroqua, WI

About one in 3 of Viroqua’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (8%), Westby (4%) and Cashton (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

683 of 1,842 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,159 Viroqua residents head out of town to work, 683 work right here, and 2,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Viroqua.

1,159live here, work elsewhere

683live and work here

2,463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Viroqua goes to work

Viroqua (in town)right here

37%683

La Crosse24.9 mi away

8%150

Westby6.5 mi away

4%82

Cashton13.4 mi away

2%44

Onalaska27.8 mi away

2%39

Sparta26.3 mi away

2%29

Stark13.8 mi away

2%29

Franklin5.5 mi away

1%27

Prairie du Chien38 mi away

1%25

Richland Center29.5 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%713

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

How far

How far Viroqua commutes

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

45%

15%

25%

45%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Viroqua is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Viroqua are

3,146 jobs are based in Viroqua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Viroqua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Viroqua

3,146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Viroqua residents hold

1,842 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−4%

Jobs based in Viroqua, 2013 → 2023: 3,282 → 3,146. 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.