Work & commute · Wiota

Work & commute in Wiota, WI

Most working residents leave Wiota for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (18%), Darlington (8%) and Madison (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 403 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Wiota residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wiota.

393live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wiota goes to work

Monroe15.1 mi away

18%73

Darlington10.1 mi away

8%34

Madison40 mi away

4%17

Wayne6.6 mi away

3%14

Darlington9.4 mi away

3%13

Dodgeville24.8 mi away

3%12

South Wayne5.6 mi away

3%11

Argyle5.4 mi away

2%10

Wiota (in town)right here

2%10

Shullsburg16.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%202

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

How far

How far Wiota commutes

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

19%

43%

23%

15%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wiota is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wiota are

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

Jobs based in Wiota

91 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Wiota residents hold

403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+18%

Jobs based in Wiota, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 91. 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.