Most of Avoca commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Avoca itself; outside it, Dodgeville draws the most (14%, 18 miles). Employers in Avoca report 12 jobs, against 240 working residents. Commuters spend 31 minutes getting to work on average; the Wisconsin average is 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Avoca stands out on work
Avoca is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Avoca, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Avoca has about 320 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Avoca workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 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 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Avoca, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Avoca on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Getting to work from Avoca takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Avoca workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 commuters (the 7% 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 Avoca’s working residents head each day
Where Avoca clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
What Avoca’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Avoca, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 12. 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 Avoca’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Avoca commutes less than 20 miles
About 22% 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.
Next door to Avoca
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Avoca workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avoca | – | — | — | 31 min | $53,750 |
| Pulaski | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Orion | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pulaski: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Orion: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Avoca’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 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 Avoca: questions
What is the median household income in Avoca?
$53,750 (±$15,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Avoca?
19.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Avoca?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Avoca work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dodgeville (14%, 18 mi), Madison (11%, 46 mi), Highland (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Avoca without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Avoca, from the people who make the trip.
More of Avoca
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.