Work & commute · West Baraboo

Work & commute in West Baraboo, WI

Most working residents leave West Baraboo for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Baraboo (21%), Madison (11%) and Lake Delton (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 833 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 800 West Baraboo residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 880 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Baraboo.

800live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

880work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Baraboo goes to work

Baraboo1.9 mi away

21%178

Madison32.1 mi away

11%94

Lake Delton7.8 mi away

8%70

West Baraboo (in town)right here

4%33

Delton6.1 mi away

3%27

Reedsburg11.8 mi away

3%25

Portage16.2 mi away

3%25

Wisconsin Dells11.1 mi away

2%19

Sauk City14.3 mi away

2%18

Prairie du Sac12.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%330

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

How far

How far West Baraboo commutes

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

40%

16%

23%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Baraboo is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Baraboo are

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

Jobs based in West Baraboo

913 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs West Baraboo residents hold

833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+7%

Jobs based in West Baraboo, 2013 → 2023: 856 → 913. 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.