Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Coloma
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. Only 4% stay in Coloma for work; outside it, Wautoma is the main destination (9%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Coloma on a workday
On a workday 164 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
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 the trip to work from Coloma ends
Where Coloma clocks in
9% 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.
What the 176 jobs in Coloma are
176 jobs are based in Coloma.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coloma, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 176. 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 Coloma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Coloma takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coloma workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 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 Coloma commutes less than 32 miles
About 37% 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.
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 Coloma: questions
What is the median household income in Coloma?
$75,000 (±$24,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coloma?
8.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coloma?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coloma work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wautoma (9%, 12 mi), Westfield (4%, 11 mi), Madison (4%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coloma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coloma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coloma
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.