Adams has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Adams report 39 jobs; 242 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Adams for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (24%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Adams in brief
Adams’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Adams is Madison, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 24% of working residents (57) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Adams is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Adams, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Adams has about 340 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 242 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Adams’ workers travel
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
A workday in Adams: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 242 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Adams on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Adams goes to work
Where Adams clocks in
24% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 46% of the jobs in Adams
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Adams, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 39. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Adams’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Adams’ commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Adams workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 279 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns around Adams
The biggest share goes to Washington (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Adams workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | – | — | — | 24 min | $118,250 |
| Jordan | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Argyle | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Washington | 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| York | under 2% | B | C+ | 33 min | $113,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jordan and Argyle: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washington: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Adams’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Adams: questions
What is the median household income in Adams?
$118,250 (±$34,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Adams?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Adams?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Adams work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (24%, 31 mi), New Glarus (13%, 10 mi), Monroe (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Adams without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Adams, from the people who make the trip.
More of Adams
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.