Work & commute · West Point

Work & commute in West Point, WI

Most working residents leave West Point for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (28%), Lodi (10%) and Middleton (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,069 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,035 West Point residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Point.

1,035live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Point goes to work

Madison19.9 mi away

28%298

Lodi5.6 mi away

10%102

Middleton16.8 mi away

5%58

Prairie du Sac4.6 mi away

4%44

West Point (in town)right here

3%34

Sauk City5.3 mi away

3%33

Waunakee14.7 mi away

3%31

DeForest16.9 mi away

2%24

Portage18.1 mi away

1%15

Sun Prairie23.1 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%416

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

How far

How far West Point commutes

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

22%

50%

10%

17%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Point 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 West Point are

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

Jobs based in West Point

318 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs West Point residents hold

1,069 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+51%

Jobs based in West Point, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 318. 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.