Work & commute · Watterstown

Work & commute in Watterstown, WI

Most working residents leave Watterstown for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Boscobel (19%), Muscoda (9%) and Lancaster (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 157 Watterstown residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Watterstown.

157live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Watterstown goes to work

Boscobel5.4 mi away

19%30

Muscoda8.6 mi away

9%14

Lancaster22.2 mi away

7%11

Fennimore12.2 mi away

5%8

Dodgeville27.1 mi away

3%4

Platteville30.4 mi away

3%4

Madison59.1 mi away

3%4

Spring Green26.7 mi away

2%3

Richland Center16.6 mi away

2%3

Montfort15.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%74

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

How far

How far Watterstown commutes

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

28%

22%

18%

31%

28%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Watterstown is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Watterstown are

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

Jobs based in Watterstown

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Watterstown residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−50%

Jobs based in Watterstown, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 8. 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.