Work & commute · Westby

Work & commute in Westby, WI

Most working residents leave Westby for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Viroqua (15%), La Crosse (13%) and Cashton (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

158 of 1,146 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 988 Westby residents head out of town to work, 158 work right here, and 901 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westby.

988live here, work elsewhere

158live and work here

901work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westby goes to work

Viroqua6.5 mi away

15%167

Westby (in town)right here

14%158

La Crosse21.8 mi away

13%151

Cashton7.1 mi away

5%55

Sparta19.8 mi away

3%36

Onalaska23.8 mi away

3%32

Coon Valley8.4 mi away

2%21

Christiana2 mi away

2%21

Viroqua5.9 mi away

2%18

Madison81.7 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%472

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

How far

How far Westby commutes

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

40%

29%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westby is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westby are

1,059 jobs are based in Westby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westby

1,059 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Westby residents hold

1,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+24%

Jobs based in Westby, 2013 → 2023: 855 → 1,059. 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.