Work & commute · Walworth

Work & commute in Walworth, WI

Most working residents leave Walworth for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Delavan (8%), Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (5%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

193 of 1,338 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,145 Walworth residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 1,746 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walworth.

1,145live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

1,746work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walworth goes to work

Walworth (in town)right here

14%193

Delavan7.1 mi away

8%112

Fontana-on-Geneva Lake1.6 mi away

5%72

Madison57.3 mi away

5%69

Elkhorn10.2 mi away

5%67

Lake Geneva9.2 mi away

5%62

Milwaukee48.6 mi away

4%53

Janesville23.8 mi away

3%38

Williams Bay4.1 mi away

3%36

Geneva8.7 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%612

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

How far

How far Walworth commutes

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

44%

20%

18%

44%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Walworth are

1,939 jobs are based in Walworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Walworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Walworth

1,939 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Walworth residents hold

1,338 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−14%

Jobs based in Walworth, 2013 → 2023: 2,265 → 1,939. 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.