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Work & commute · Webster

Work & commute in Webster, WI

Most working residents leave Webster for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Viroqua (14%), La Crosse (6%) and Stark (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 297 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
26%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 293 Webster residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Webster.

293live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
75work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Webster goes to work

NorwalkLa FargeOntarioCashtonHillsboroReadstownWestbyViroquaTomahSpartaLa CrosseWhitestownWebsterClintonViroquaLibertyFranklinSterlingStarkViroquaLa CrosseStarkSpartaLa FargeWestbyCashtonTomahFranklinHillsboroWebster
1
Viroqua7.7 mi away
14%41
2
La Crosse28.9 mi away
6%19
3
Stark6.3 mi away
5%14
4
Sparta23.8 mi away
4%13
5
La Farge5.3 mi away
4%11
6
Westby7 mi away
4%11
7
Cashton10.2 mi away
3%8
8
Tomah29.5 mi away
3%8
9
Franklin11.1 mi away
3%8
10
Hillsboro20.7 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%157

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

How far

How far Webster commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Webster is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Webster are

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

Jobs based in Webster

79 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Webster residents hold

297 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+36%

Jobs based in Webster, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 79. 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.

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