Work & commute · Willow Springs

Work & commute in Willow Springs, WI

Most working residents leave Willow Springs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Darlington (20%), Dodgeville (7%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 360 Willow Springs residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willow Springs.

360live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willow Springs goes to work

Darlington5.5 mi away

20%71

Dodgeville14.5 mi away

7%24

Madison42.3 mi away

6%23

Mineral Point7.8 mi away

5%19

Platteville17.2 mi away

4%16

Monroe27.3 mi away

4%16

Belmont10.3 mi away

4%14

Dubuque, IA34.2 mi away

2%7

South Wayne18.4 mi away

2%7

Argyle14 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%162

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

How far

How far Willow Springs commutes

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

28%

31%

22%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willow Springs is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willow Springs are

71 jobs are based in Willow Springs. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willow Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willow Springs

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Willow Springs residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+103%

Jobs based in Willow Springs, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 71. 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.