Photo: User:Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 2.5Arena has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Arena; the top destination outside it is Madison (23%, 25 miles). There are 85 jobs in Arena; 430 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 32 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Arena: the figures worth knowing
Arena’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Arena is Madison, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (98) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Arena is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Arena, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Arena has about 570 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Arena workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 430 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Near or far: the trip to work from Arena
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in Arena, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 424 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Arena on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arena workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 411 commuters (the 18% 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.
Where the trip to work from Arena ends
Where Arena clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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: 51% of the jobs in Arena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arena, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 85. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Arena: questions
What is the median household income in Arena?
$69,063 (±$9,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arena?
2.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arena?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arena work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (23%, 25 mi), Dodgeville (10%, 18 mi), Middleton (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arena
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.