Work & commute · Waunakee

Work & commute in Waunakee, WI

Most working residents leave Waunakee for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (43%), Middleton (6%) and Fitchburg (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,057 of 7,566 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,509 Waunakee residents head out of town to work, 1,057 work right here, and 5,319 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waunakee.

6,509live here, work elsewhere

1,057live and work here

5,319work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waunakee goes to work

Madison6.4 mi away

43%3,222

Waunakee (in town)right here

14%1,057

Middleton6 mi away

6%456

Fitchburg13.4 mi away

2%167

Sun Prairie10.3 mi away

2%134

Verona13.9 mi away

2%118

Milwaukee74.8 mi away

2%117

DeForest5.9 mi away

1%113

Shorewood Hills7 mi away

1%98

Westport1.1 mi away

1%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,993

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

How far

How far Waunakee commutes

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

64%

18%

13%

64%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waunakee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waunakee are

6,376 jobs are based in Waunakee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waunakee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waunakee

6,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Waunakee residents hold

7,566 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+53%

Jobs based in Waunakee, 2013 → 2023: 4,158 → 6,376. 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.