Work & commute · Wellington

Work & commute in Wellington, WI

Most working residents leave Wellington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tomah (17%), Sparta (6%) and La Crosse (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 248 Wellington residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wellington.

248live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wellington goes to work

Tomah15.1 mi away

17%42

Sparta19.8 mi away

6%16

La Crosse36.7 mi away

5%13

Wilton3.5 mi away

5%12

Sheldon6.5 mi away

5%12

Onalaska36.5 mi away

3%7

Milwaukee135.8 mi away

2%5

Tomah11.7 mi away

2%5

Oakdale14.5 mi away

2%4

Cashton14.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%130

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

How far

How far Wellington commutes

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

14%

41%

18%

28%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wellington is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wellington are

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

Jobs based in Wellington

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Wellington residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+421%

Jobs based in Wellington, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 73. 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.