Camp Douglas has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%. 63 jobs are based in Camp Douglas, against 294 working residents. Hardly any work in Camp Douglas; the top destination outside it is Mauston (18%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Camp Douglas and work: the main findings
Camp Douglas is a place people come home to
There are 63 jobs based in Camp Douglas, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Camp Douglas has about 400 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Camp Douglas 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 ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Camp Douglas
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Camp Douglas on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Camp Douglas workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 313 commuters (the 5% 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.
Half of Camp Douglas commutes less than 14 miles
About 30% 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.
Where the trip to work from Camp Douglas ends
Where Camp Douglas clocks in
18% of workers
14% 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.
Jobs in Camp Douglas: what the 63 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Camp Douglas, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 63. 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 Camp Douglas’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 Camp Douglas: questions
What is the median household income in Camp Douglas?
$68,235 (±$7,222) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Camp Douglas?
12.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Camp Douglas?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Camp Douglas work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mauston (18%, 13 mi), Tomah (14%, 12 mi), New Lisbon (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Camp Douglas without a car?
0% 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 Camp Douglas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Camp Douglas
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.