For about two in five of its working residents, Blue Mounds is a commute to Madison
Only 2% stay in Blue Mounds for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (40%, 21 miles). 22% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. The average commute takes 25 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Blue Mounds: the figures worth knowing
Blue Mounds makes and builds things
80% of the jobs based in Blue Mounds are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Blue Mounds residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 21%. The jobs ↓
40% of Blue Mounds works in Madison
185 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Madison, 21 miles away. That’s 20 times as many as work in Blue Mounds itself. The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Blue Mounds
22% of Blue Mounds workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 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 459 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Blue Mounds, 80% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
315 jobs are based in Blue Mounds.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Mounds, 2013 → 2023: 220 → 315. 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 Blue Mounds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Blue Mounds ends
Where Blue Mounds clocks in
40% of workers
7% 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.
About 25 minutes each way for Blue Mounds’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 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 346 commuters (the 22% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Blue Mounds
On a workday 450 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Blue Mounds on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.69 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 2023, primary jobs.
The commute from Blue Mounds, by distance
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.
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 Blue Mounds: questions
What is the median household income in Blue Mounds?
$83,750 (±$16,416) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue Mounds?
7.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue Mounds?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 22% 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?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% 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), 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.