Little Norway · Photo: Richie Diesterheft · CC BY 2.0Work means Madison for about two in five of Blue Mounds’ working residents
There are 307 jobs in Blue Mounds, against 456 working residents. Only 2% work in Blue Mounds itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (40%, 19 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Blue Mounds apart
The places Blue Mounds commutes to
Where Blue Mounds clocks in
40% of workers
6% 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.
Who works in Blue Mounds, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 449 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Blue Mounds on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Blue Mounds, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Mounds, 2014 → 2024: 162 → 307. 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 Blue Mounds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Blue Mounds spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue Mounds workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 404 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far Blue Mounds’ workers travel
About 16% 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.
How Blue Mounds compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Mount Horeb (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue Mounds workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mounds | – | — | — | 24 min | $101,806 |
| Mount Horeb | 6% | A | A− | 25 min | $107,856 |
| Perry | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Vermont | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Springdale | 3% | A | C− | 20 min | $129,271 |
| Brigham | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $113,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry and Vermont: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blue Mounds’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 Blue Mounds: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Mounds?
$101,806 (±$15,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Mounds?
3.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Mounds?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue Mounds work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Blue Mounds without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blue Mounds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Mounds
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.