Work & commute · Wauzeka

Work & commute in Wauzeka, WI

Most working residents leave Wauzeka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Prairie du Chien (37%), Bridgeport (7%) and Boscobel (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 295 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 287 Wauzeka residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wauzeka.

287live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wauzeka goes to work

Prairie du Chien12.4 mi away

37%110

Bridgeport10.8 mi away

7%21

Boscobel10.6 mi away

5%15

La Crosse53.7 mi away

5%14

Wauzeka (in town)right here

3%8

Prairie du Chien9.7 mi away

3%8

Richland Center31.3 mi away

2%7

Onalaska57.7 mi away

2%5

St. Paul, MN169.1 mi away

1%4

Reedsburg54.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%99

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

How far

How far Wauzeka commutes

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

58%

32%

4%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wauzeka is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wauzeka are

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

Jobs based in Wauzeka

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wauzeka residents hold

295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−28%

Jobs based in Wauzeka, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 88. 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.