Work & commute · Waupun

Work & commute in Waupun, WI

Most working residents leave Waupun for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Fond du Lac (12%), Beaver Dam (6%) and Madison (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

766 of 4,556 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,790 Waupun residents head out of town to work, 766 work right here, and 1,895 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waupun.

3,790live here, work elsewhere

766live and work here

1,895work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waupun goes to work

Waupun (in town)right here

17%766

Fond du Lac17.7 mi away

12%527

Beaver Dam11.7 mi away

6%296

Madison51.2 mi away

4%169

Milwaukee55.1 mi away

2%108

Oshkosh28.4 mi away

2%102

Juneau15.9 mi away

2%94

Horicon13.8 mi away

2%94

Mayville13.2 mi away

2%83

Alto5.5 mi away

2%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,234

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

How far

How far Waupun commutes

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

24%

37%

19%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waupun is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waupun are

2,661 jobs are based in Waupun. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waupun’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waupun

2,661 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Waupun residents hold

4,556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−27%

Jobs based in Waupun, 2013 → 2023: 3,663 → 2,661. 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.