Work & commute · Westport

Work & commute in Westport, WI

Most working residents leave Westport for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (49%), Waunakee (7%) and Middleton (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 2,073 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,043 Westport residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 1,333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westport.

2,043live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

1,333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westport goes to work

Madison5.5 mi away

49%1,007

Waunakee1.1 mi away

7%155

Middleton5.8 mi away

7%155

Verona13.4 mi away

2%46

Fitchburg12.6 mi away

2%43

Sun Prairie9.6 mi away

2%37

Milwaukee74 mi away

2%33

Westport (in town)right here

1%30

Shorewood Hills6.2 mi away

1%25

DeForest6 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%520

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

How far

How far Westport commutes

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

71%

11%

13%

71%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westport is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westport are

1,363 jobs are based in Westport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westport

1,363 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Westport residents hold

2,073 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+25%

Jobs based in Westport, 2013 → 2023: 1,092 → 1,363. 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.