Work & commute · Waterloo

Work & commute in Waterloo, WI

Most working residents leave Waterloo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Waterloo (13%), Watertown (8%) and Madison (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 407 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 406 Waterloo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterloo.

406live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

96work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterloo goes to work

Waterloo3.7 mi away

13%51

Watertown10.5 mi away

8%32

Madison25.5 mi away

7%30

Lake Mills5.2 mi away

7%29

Sun Prairie15.6 mi away

6%25

Milwaukee49 mi away

4%16

Johnson Creek9.5 mi away

3%12

Columbus13.7 mi away

2%8

Brookfield41.5 mi away

2%7

Marshall6.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%191

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

How far

How far Waterloo commutes

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

28%

38%

18%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterloo is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterloo are

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

Jobs based in Waterloo

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Waterloo residents hold

407 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+45%

Jobs based in Waterloo, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 97. 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.