Work & commute · Whitewater

Work & commute in Whitewater, WI

About one in 5 of Whitewater’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fort Atkinson (6%), Madison (6%) and Janesville (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,268 of 5,871 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 4,603 Whitewater residents head out of town to work, 1,268 work right here, and 4,593 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitewater.

4,603live here, work elsewhere

1,268live and work here

4,593work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitewater goes to work

Whitewater (in town)right here

22%1,268

Fort Atkinson8.1 mi away

6%355

Madison39.2 mi away

6%341

Janesville17.6 mi away

4%240

Milwaukee41.8 mi away

4%224

Waukesha27.4 mi away

2%134

Jefferson12.1 mi away

2%125

Palmyra7.4 mi away

2%108

Elkhorn15.2 mi away

2%96

Delavan15.3 mi away

1%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,897

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

How far

How far Whitewater commutes

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

33%

23%

33%

11%

33%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitewater is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitewater are

5,861 jobs are based in Whitewater. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitewater’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Whitewater

5,861 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Whitewater residents hold

5,871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−10%

Jobs based in Whitewater, 2013 → 2023: 6,538 → 5,861. 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.