Star Theatre · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Argyle has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Wisconsin average is 22, the U.S. 26. 194 jobs are based in Argyle for 383 working residents. Only 4% work in Argyle itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (19%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Argyle and work: the main findings
Argyle’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Argyle is Madison, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (74) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Argyle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 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 383 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far it is to work from Argyle
About 19% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Argyle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Argyle workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 401 commuters (the 10% 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.
Argyle by day and by night
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Argyle on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Where people from Argyle work
Where Argyle clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Argyle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Argyle, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 194. 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 Argyle’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 Argyle: questions
What is the median household income in Argyle?
$59,702 (±$8,090) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Argyle?
10.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Argyle?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Argyle work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (19%, 35 mi), Monroe (7%, 14 mi), Darlington (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Argyle without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Argyle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Argyle
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.